Memory : A Very Short Introduction.

This Very Short Introduction brings together the latest research in neuroscience and psychology - weaving in case-studies, anecdotes, literature, and philosophy - to explore and explain the science of memory - how it works, and why we can't live without it. - ;Why do we remember events from our...

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Author / Creator: Foster, Jonathan K.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of illustrations
  • Chapter 1 You are your memory
  • Chapter 2 Mapping memories
  • Chapter 3 Pulling the rabbit out of the hat
  • Chapter 4 Inaccuracies in memory
  • Chapter 5 Memory impairment
  • Chapter 6 The seven ages of man
  • Chapter 7 Improving memory
  • Further reading
  • Index.