Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older：How Memory Shapes our Past

作者: Douwe Draaisma （杜威·德拉埃斯马）著

出版社: Cambridge University Press

出版时间: 2004-11

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780521834247

定价: 427.10

装帧: 精装

开本: 其他

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 346页

正文语种: 英语

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>生活

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Isittrue,asthenovelistCeesNooteboomoncewrote,that'Memoryislikeadogthatliesdownwhereitpleases'?Wheredothelong,lazysummersofourchildhoodgo?Whyisitthataswegrowoldertimeseemstocondense,speedup,eludeus,whileinoldagesignificanteventsfromourdistantpastcanseemasvividandrealaswhathappenedyesterday?Inthisenchantingandthoughtfulbook,DouweDraaisma,authoroftheinternationallyacclaimedMetaphorsofMemory,exploresthenatureofautobiographicalmemory.Applyingauniqueblendofscholarship,poeticsensibilityandkeenobservationhetacklessuchextraordinaryphenomenaasdéjà-vu,near-deathexperiences,thememoryfeatsofidiot-savantsandtheeffectsofextremetraumaonmemoryrecall.Raisingalmostasmanyquestionsasitanswers,thisfascinatingbookwillnotfailtotouchyouatthesametimeasiteducatesandentertains. DouweDraaismaisProfessorofHistoryofPsychologyattheUniversityofGroningen,TheNetherlands.HeistheauthorofMetaphorsofMemory(Cambridge,2001). '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 deja vu
Reminiscences
Why life speeds up as you get older
Forgetting
'I saw my life flash before me'
From memory - Portrait with Still Life
内容简介:
Isittrue,asthenovelistCeesNooteboomoncewrote,that'Memoryislikeadogthatliesdownwhereitpleases'?Wheredothelong,lazysummersofourchildhoodgo?Whyisitthataswegrowoldertimeseemstocondense,speedup,eludeus,whileinoldagesignificanteventsfromourdistantpastcanseemasvividandrealaswhathappenedyesterday?Inthisenchantingandthoughtfulbook,DouweDraaisma,authoroftheinternationallyacclaimedMetaphorsofMemory,exploresthenatureofautobiographicalmemory.Applyingauniqueblendofscholarship,poeticsensibilityandkeenobservationhetacklessuchextraordinaryphenomenaasdéjà-vu,near-deathexperiences,thememoryfeatsofidiot-savantsandtheeffectsofextremetraumaonmemoryrecall.Raisingalmostasmanyquestionsasitanswers,thisfascinatingbookwillnotfailtotouchyouatthesametimeasiteducatesandentertains.
作者简介:
DouweDraaismaisProfessorofHistoryofPsychologyattheUniversityofGroningen,TheNetherlands.HeistheauthorofMetaphorsofMemory(Cambridge,2001).
目录:
'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 deja vu
Reminiscences
Why life speeds up as you get older
Forgetting
'I saw my life flash before me'
From memory - Portrait with Still Life