The junk shop, or How we make memories and memories shape us
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The junk shop, or How we make memories and memories shape us
9.99 €
In the best tradition of Oliver Sacks. Amazing examples of the workings of our psyche, described with scientific accuracy and literary skill.
Immediately after giving birth, Edith stopped caring for her baby. The mother was convinced that the baby in her hands was not the one she had given birth to. Edith believed that the baby, and then her husband, were replaced by evil forces, and there was a conspiracy around her. It was this story that began psychiatrist Veronica O'Keen's long scientific study of the nature of memory. A bout of sadness, a rush of love, a feeling of regret - memories have the power to stir us, often when we least expect it. So why does memory make us relive events and remember in detail things that never happened? The author provides poignant stories from her patients that are hard to believe. For 36 years she has been researching the brain and reveals: how memories shape us and determine each person's future. Veronica O'Keen uses the latest neurobiological research to answer the questions: - how memories can make us feel shaky or, conversely, energized; - why we smell and touch things that aren't really there; - whether there are "true" and "false" memories; - how to make sure what's happening around us now is real; - how folklore and literature help scientists study memory.
Immediately after giving birth, Edith stopped caring for her baby. The mother was convinced that the baby in her hands was not the one she had given birth to. Edith believed that the baby, and then her husband, were replaced by evil forces, and there was a conspiracy around her. It was this story that began psychiatrist Veronica O'Keen's long scientific study of the nature of memory. A bout of sadness, a rush of love, a feeling of regret - memories have the power to stir us, often when we least expect it. So why does memory make us relive events and remember in detail things that never happened? The author provides poignant stories from her patients that are hard to believe. For 36 years she has been researching the brain and reveals: how memories shape us and determine each person's future. Veronica O'Keen uses the latest neurobiological research to answer the questions: - how memories can make us feel shaky or, conversely, energized; - why we smell and touch things that aren't really there; - whether there are "true" and "false" memories; - how to make sure what's happening around us now is real; - how folklore and literature help scientists study memory.
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