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Health & Fitness.
Psychology.
Self-Improvement.
Nonfiction.
HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? A fascinating exploration of the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do to protect our memories, from the Harvard-trained neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice.
??Using her expertise as a neuroscientist and her gifts as a storyteller, Lisa Genova explains the nuances of human memory???Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, author of How the Mind Works Have you ever felt a crushing wave of panic when you can't for the life of you remember the name of that actor in the movie you saw last week, or you walk into a room only to forget why you went there in the first place? If you're over forty, you're probably not laughing. You might even be worried that these lapses in memory could be an early sign of Alzheimer's or dementia. In reality, for the vast majority of us, these examples of forgetting are completely normal. Why? Because while memory is amazing, it is far from perfect. Our brains aren't designed to remember every name we hear, plan we make, or day we experience. Just because your memory sometimes fails doesn't mean it's broken or succumbing to disease. Forgetting is actually part of being human. In Remember, neuroscientist and acclaimed novelist Lisa Genova delves into how memories are made and how we retrieve them. You'll learn whether forgotten memories are temporarily inaccessible or erased forever and why some memories are built to exist for only a few seconds (like a passcode) while others can last a lifetime (your wedding day). You'll come to appreciate the clear distinction between normal forgetting (where you parked your car) and forgetting due to Alzheimer's (that you own a car). And you'll see how memory is profoundly impacted by meaning, emotion, sleep, stress, and context. Once you understand the language of memory and how it functions, its incredible strengths and maddening weaknesses, its natural vulnerabilities and potential superpowers, you can both vastly improve your ability to remember and feel less rattled when you inevitably forget. You can set educated expectations for your memory, and in doing so, create a better relationship with it. You don't have to fear it anymore. And that can be li… (más)
Written by a neuroscientist (who’s also written novels about characters with neurological conditions), this is a compulsively readable, broad overview of learning/memory and forgetting.
What has stayed with me most is the importance of attention in memory: 1) you don’t “forget” something you never paid proper attention to -- it was never a memory in the first place; 2) you’ll better remember things that really catch your attention via emotion, surprise or meaning; 3) additional attention via repeated exposure and retrieval (re-reading notes, quizzing) develops a more durable memory; 4) leaving negative memories alone lets them fade, while paying attention to positive memories can develop optimism.
And this: Deep sleep is like a power cleanse for your brain.( )
Interesting information that so many of us are curious about. My mother is suffering from Dementia, a woman who was always active, and I was curious about how this disease is affecting so many people. This book does a great job of dissecting the parts of our brain, different areas of our memory banks, and what will and won't work to help improve our memory. The author is very educated in this subject and does well explaining things in a way the reader will understand. A very interesting book that helps shed light in what's going on in our brain! Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me a copy of this book. ( )
In this easy-to-read book, author and neuroscientist Lisa Genova presents a synopsis of how memory works and why it often seems to fail. In keeping with her role as an Alzheimer’s advocate, she emphasizes the differences between typical age-related memory loss and the onset of dementia. The book provides a solid overview, but there is little new or unexpected information here. ( )
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
People do not consist of memory alone. They have feelings, will, sensibility, moral being. It is here you may touch them and see profound change. --Alexander Luria
Dedicatoria
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For Alena, Ethan, Stella, and Peanut
Primeras palabras
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Picture a penny in your mind's eye.
Citas
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Memory retrieval is far easier, faster, and more likely to be summoned when the context of recall matches the context that was present when the memory was formed. We see this phenomenon with prospective (what you plan to do), episodic (what happened), semantic (information you know), and muscle ( hoe to do things) memories.
It is through the erosion of memory that time heals all wounds.
Building an Alzheimer’s-resistant brain through cognitive stimulation means learning to play piano, meeting new friends, traveling to a new city, or reading this book. You’re welcome.
Últimas palabras
Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
Take it seriously. Hold it lightly. Memory isn't everything.
Health & Fitness.
Psychology.
Self-Improvement.
Nonfiction.
HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? A fascinating exploration of the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do to protect our memories, from the Harvard-trained neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice.
??Using her expertise as a neuroscientist and her gifts as a storyteller, Lisa Genova explains the nuances of human memory???Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, author of How the Mind Works Have you ever felt a crushing wave of panic when you can't for the life of you remember the name of that actor in the movie you saw last week, or you walk into a room only to forget why you went there in the first place? If you're over forty, you're probably not laughing. You might even be worried that these lapses in memory could be an early sign of Alzheimer's or dementia. In reality, for the vast majority of us, these examples of forgetting are completely normal. Why? Because while memory is amazing, it is far from perfect. Our brains aren't designed to remember every name we hear, plan we make, or day we experience. Just because your memory sometimes fails doesn't mean it's broken or succumbing to disease. Forgetting is actually part of being human. In Remember, neuroscientist and acclaimed novelist Lisa Genova delves into how memories are made and how we retrieve them. You'll learn whether forgotten memories are temporarily inaccessible or erased forever and why some memories are built to exist for only a few seconds (like a passcode) while others can last a lifetime (your wedding day). You'll come to appreciate the clear distinction between normal forgetting (where you parked your car) and forgetting due to Alzheimer's (that you own a car). And you'll see how memory is profoundly impacted by meaning, emotion, sleep, stress, and context. Once you understand the language of memory and how it functions, its incredible strengths and maddening weaknesses, its natural vulnerabilities and potential superpowers, you can both vastly improve your ability to remember and feel less rattled when you inevitably forget. You can set educated expectations for your memory, and in doing so, create a better relationship with it. You don't have to fear it anymore. And that can be li
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What has stayed with me most is the importance of attention in memory: 1) you don’t “forget” something you never paid proper attention to -- it was never a memory in the first place; 2) you’ll better remember things that really catch your attention via emotion, surprise or meaning; 3) additional attention via repeated exposure and retrieval (re-reading notes, quizzing) develops a more durable memory; 4) leaving negative memories alone lets them fade, while paying attention to positive memories can develop optimism.
And this:
Deep sleep is like a power cleanse for your brain. (