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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
July 2014
Print publication year:
2012
Online ISBN:
9781139197090
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139197090
Subjects:
Sociology: General Interest, Psychology, Cognition, Sociology, General
Series:
Canto Classics
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Book description

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 sensibility and keen observation in exploring the nature of autobiographical memory, covering subjects such as déjà-vu, near death experiences and the effect of severe trauma on memory recall, as well as human perceptions of time at different stages in life. A highly accessible and personal read, this book will not fail to touch or provoke thought in its readers.

Reviews

‘… fascinating.'

Source: The Independent

‘… one finishes the book with a heightened awareness of the complexity and the fickleness of human memory, and a genuine sense of pleasure at having encountered such a subtle, entertaining, and illuminating guide to the territory.'

Source: The Times Literary Supplement

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