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Why life speeds up as you get older : how memory shapes our past / Douwe Draaisma ; translated by Arnold and Erica Pomerans.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Dutch Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: ix, 277 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521834244
  • 9780521834247
Uniform titles:
  • Waarom het leven sneller gaat als je alder wordt. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 153.1/3 22
LOC classification:
  • BF378.A87 D7313 2004
  • D756 2004
NLM classification:
  • 2004 M-619
  • BF 378.A87
Other classification:
  • 77.35
Online resources:
Contents:
'Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases' -- Flashes in the dark: first memories -- Smell and memory -- Yesterday's record -- The inner flashbulb -- 'Why do we remember forwards and not backwards?' -- The absolute memories of Funes and Sherashevsky -- The advantages of a defect: the savant syndrome -- The memory of a grandmaster: a conversation with Ton Sijbrands --Trauma and memory: the Demjanjuk case -- Richard and Anna Wagner: forty-five years of married life -- 'In oval mirrors we drive around': on experiencing a sense of dâejáa vu -- Reminiscences -- Why life speeds up as you get older -- Forgetting -- 'I saw my life flash before my eyes like a film' -- From memory - Portrait with Still Life.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) BF378.A87 D7313 2004 | D756 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 1 Available 00000052724
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases' -- Flashes in the dark: first memories -- Smell and memory -- Yesterday's record -- The inner flashbulb -- 'Why do we remember forwards and not backwards?' -- The absolute memories of Funes and Sherashevsky -- The advantages of a defect: the savant syndrome -- The memory of a grandmaster: a conversation with Ton Sijbrands --Trauma and memory: the Demjanjuk case -- Richard and Anna Wagner: forty-five years of married life -- 'In oval mirrors we drive around': on experiencing a sense of dâejáa vu -- Reminiscences -- Why life speeds up as you get older -- Forgetting -- 'I saw my life flash before my eyes like a film' -- From memory - Portrait with Still Life.

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