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041 1 _aeng
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082 0 4 _223
_a612.823312
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100 1 _aOstby, Hilde,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aADVENTURE IN MEMORY :
_bThe Science and Secrets of Remembering and Forgetting /
_cHILDE OSTBY & YLVA OSTBY ; TRANSLATION BY MARIANNE LINDVALL
264 1 _aVancouver, Berkeley :
_bGreystone Books,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©2018.
300 _aix, 302 pages :
_c20 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
500 _aOriginally published in Norway in 2016 as Å dykke etter sjøhester.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 279-299).
520 _a"A novelist and a neuroscientist uncover the secrets of human memory. What makes us remember? Why do we forget? And what, exactly, is a memory? 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. Filled with cutting-edge research and nimble storytelling, the result is a charming—and memorable—adventure through human memory."
546 _aTranslated from Norwegian.
650 1 0 _aMemory
_xPopular works
650 2 0 _aNeuropsychology
_xPopular works
650 3 0 _aMemory
700 1 _aOstby, Ylva
_eauthor
700 1 _aKean, Sam
_eforeword by
700 1 _aLindvall, Marianne
_etranslation by
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