Pieces of light : how the new science of memory illuminates the stories we tell about our pasts /
Blending the most up-to-date science with literature and personal stories, a psychologist provides an illuminating look at human memory--the way people remember and forget.
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Published: |
HarperCollins,
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Publisher Address: | New York : |
Publication Dates: |
2013, ©2012. ©2012 |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
Blending the most up-to-date science with literature and personal stories, a psychologist provides an illuminating look at human memory--the way people remember and forget. |
Carrier Form: | 305 pages : 1 illustration ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-282) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780062237897 : 0062237896 |
Index Number: | BF378 |
CLC: | B842.3 |
Call Number: | B842.3/F366 |
Contents: |
Casting a line -- Getting lost -- The scent museum -- The sunny never-never -- Walking at Goldhanger -- Negotiating the past -- The plan of what might be -- The feeling of remembering -- Remember me a story -- The horror returning -- The Martha tapes -- A special kind of truth. |