Adventures in Memory: The Science and Secrets of Remembering and Forgetting
Categories: Science & Math
Written by two Norwegian sisters, the novelist Hilde Østby and the neuropsychologist Ylva Østby, this book explains how memory works. They describe the hippocampus and how memories are formed, stored, changed and forgotten. Using stories of memory champions, taxi drivers, patients with amnesia and people with remarkable recall, they explore why we remember some things and forget others, and how memory shapes our identity.
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- Shane Parrish: “We pay a lot of attention to memory at FS, as remembering is a crucial component of learning. This book covers everything about memory, from its structure to the spectrum of its capabilities, from its role in our evolution to how it shapes our identity.”