Adventures in memory : the science and secrets of remembering and forgetting / Hilde Østby & Ylva Østby ; foreword by Sam Kean ; translation by Marianne Lindvall
By: Østby, Hilde [author].
Contributor(s): Østby, Ylva [author] | Lindvall, Marianne [translator] | Kean, Sam [writer of foreward].
Publisher: Vancouver, BC : Greystone Books, ©2018Description: ix, 302 pages ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781771643474; 9781771643474.Uniform titles: Å dykke etter sjøhester: En bok om hukommelse. English Subject(s): Memory -- Popular works | NeuropsychologyGenre/Form: Popular works. | Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | QP406 .O8813 2018 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000015237 |
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Originally published in Norway in 2016 as Å dykke etter sjøhester: En bok om hukommelse (Diving for Seahorses: A Book About Memory)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-299)
The sea monster -- Diving for seahorses in February -- The skydiver's final thoughts -- In the cuckoo's nest -- The bog taxi experiment and a rather extraordinary game of chess -- The elephant's graveyard -- The seeds of Svalbard
"With playfulness and intelligence, Adventures in Memory answers these questions and more, offering an illuminating look at one of our most fascinating faculties. The authors--two Norwegian sisters, one a neuropsychologist and the other an acclaimed writer--skillfully interweave history, research, and exceptional personal stories, taking readers on a captivating exploration of the evolving understanding of the science of memory from the Renaissance discovery of the hippocampus--named after the seahorse it resembles--up to the present day. Mixing metaphor with meta-analysis, they embark on an incredible journey: "diving for seahorses" for a memory experiment in Oslo fjord, racing taxis through London, and "time-traveling" to the future to reveal thought-provoking insights into remembering and forgetting. Along the way they interview experts of all stripes, from the world's top neuroscientists to famous novelists, to help explain how memory works, why it sometimes fails, and what we can do to improve it"--Amazon.com