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Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older
Entertaining and educational, Douwe Draaisma's Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older raises almost as many questions as it answers. Draaisma applies a blend of scholarship, poetic …
Forgetting
Does forgetting signal a failing mind? What can be done to ward off forgetfulness? Is there an upside to forgetting? In his highly praised book The Nostalgia Factory, renowned …
Nostalgia Factory
“An entertaining discussion” of the role memory plays in our lives as we age, including an interview with Oliver Sacks (Times Higher Education Supplement). When we can’t call to …
Disturbances of the Mind
Sergei Korsakoff, Alois Alzheimer, James Parkinson, Hans Asperger and other eminent scientists, are all names which have become synonymous with a disease, a syndrome, or an …
Wie wir träumen
Halbe Wahrheiten
So war das nicht! Wie unsere Erinnerung uns belügt.»Was in deiner Jugend geschah, ist häufig das Ergebnis dessen, wie dein späteres Leben verlaufen ist.«Sie glauben, die …
Metaphors of Memory
What is memory? It is at the same time ephemeral, unreliable and essential to everything we do. Without memory we lose our sense of identity, reasoning, even our ability to perform …
Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older
Entertaining and educational, Douwe Draaisma's Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older raises almost as many questions as it answers. Draaisma applies a blend of scholarship, poetic …
Forgetting
Does forgetting signal a failing mind? What can be done to ward off forgetfulness? Is there an upside to forgetting? In his highly praised book The Nostalgia Factory, renowned …
Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older
Is it true, as the novelist Cees Nooteboom once wrote, that 'Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases'? Where do the long, lazy summers of our childhood go? Why is it …
Das Buch des Vergessens
Das Vergessen ist besser als sein Ruf.Das Standardwerk über den Nutzen und Nachteil des Vergessens für das LebenWarum erinnern wir uns so schlecht an unsere Träume? Was passiert …
Disturbances of the Mind
Sergei Korsakoff, Alois Alzheimer, James Parkinson, Hans Asperger and other eminent scientists, are all names which have become synonymous with a disease, a syndrome, or an …