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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      July 2014
      March 2012
      ISBN:
      9781139197090
      9781107646261
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139197090
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      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.41kg, 288 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Sociology: General Interest, Psychology, Cognition, Sociology, General
      Series:
      Canto Classics
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    Subjects:
    Sociology: General Interest, Psychology, Cognition, Sociology, General
    Series:
    Canto Classics
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    Entertaining and educational, Douwe Draaisma's Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older raises almost as many questions as it answers. Draaisma applies a blend of scholarship, poetic sensibility and keen observation in exploring the nature of autobiographical memory, covering subjects such as déjà-vu, near death experiences and the effect of severe trauma on memory recall, as well as human perceptions of time at different stages in life. A highly accessible and personal read, this book will not fail to touch or provoke thought in its readers.

    Reviews

    ‘… fascinating.'

    Source: The Independent

    ‘… one finishes the book with a heightened awareness of the complexity and the fickleness of human memory, and a genuine sense of pleasure at having encountered such a subtle, entertaining, and illuminating guide to the territory.'

    Source: The Times Literary Supplement

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