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Pieces of Light: How the New Science of Memory Illuminates the Stories We Tell About Our Pasts

by Charles Fernyhough
$14.90 $9.90 34% off
Pieces of Light: How the New Science of Memory Illuminates the Stories We Tell About Our Pasts - Thryft
Pieces of Light: How the New Science of Memory Illuminates the Stories We Tell About Our Pasts - Thryft

Memory's narrative woven through science and stories.

If you've ever been fascinated by the intricacies of how we remember our past experiences, "Pieces of Light" is a book that speaks to the curious soul. Charles Fernyhough doesn't just present the science; he weaves it into a tapestry of personal anecdotes and cultural references that make the complex topic of memory accessible and deeply human. It's a journey that will resonate with anyone interested in the profound connection between memory and identity.

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Pieces of Light: How the New Science of Memory Illuminates the Stories We Tell About Our Pasts

by Charles Fernyhough
$14.90 $9.90 34% off
ISBN: 9780062237903
Authors: Charles Fernyhough
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date of Publication: 2014-01-07
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.55
(rated by 445 readers)

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Short-listed for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, the Best Book of Ideas Prize, and the Society of Biology Book Awards • Book of the   Sunday Times ,  Sunday Express , and  New Scientist “In its stunning blend of the literary with the scientific, Pieces of Light illuminates ordinary and extraordinary stories to remind us that who we are now has everything to do with who we were once, and that identity itself is intricately rooted the transporting moments of remembrance. We are what we remember.” — André Aciman, author of Out of Egypt and Harvard SquareA new consensus is emerging among cognitive rather than possessing fixed, unchanging memories, we create new recollections each time we are called upon to remember. As psychologist Charles Fernyhough explains, remembering is an act of narrative imagination as much as it is the product of a neurological process. In  Pieces of Light , he illuminates this compelling scientific breakthrough in a series of personal stories, each illustrating memory's complex synergy of cognitive and neurological functions. Combining science and literature, the ordinary and the extraordinary, this fascinating tour through the new science of autobiographical memory helps us better understand the ways we remember—and the ways we forget.
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Memory's narrative woven through science and stories.

If you've ever been fascinated by the intricacies of how we remember our past experiences, "Pieces of Light" is a book that speaks to the curious soul. Charles Fernyhough doesn't just present the science; he weaves it into a tapestry of personal anecdotes and cultural references that make the complex topic of memory accessible and deeply human. It's a journey that will resonate with anyone interested in the profound connection between memory and identity.