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Pieces of Light
Charles Fernyhough
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Description for Pieces of Light
Paperback. A collection of human stories, each illustrating a facet of memory's complex synergy of cognitive and neurological functions. Drawing on case studies, personal experience and the latest research, it delves into the memories of the very young and very old, and explores how amnesia and trauma can affect how we view the past. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: JMRM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 288.
Shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize 2013 and the 2013 Best Book of Ideas Prize. Memory is an essential part of who we are. But what are memories, and how are they created? A new consensus is emerging among cognitive scientists: rather than possessing a particular memory from our past, like a snapshot, we construct it anew each time we are called upon to remember. Remembering is an act of narrative as much as it is the product of a neurological process. Pieces of Light illuminates this theory through a ... Read more
Shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize 2013 and the 2013 Best Book of Ideas Prize. Memory is an essential part of who we are. But what are memories, and how are they created? A new consensus is emerging among cognitive scientists: rather than possessing a particular memory from our past, like a snapshot, we construct it anew each time we are called upon to remember. Remembering is an act of narrative as much as it is the product of a neurological process. Pieces of Light illuminates this theory through a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846684494
SKU
V9781846684494
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99-3
About Charles Fernyhough
Charles Fernyhough is the author of two novels, The Auctioneer (Fourth Estate), and A Box of Birds(Unbound), and has contributed to the Guardian, TIME Ideas, Sunday Telegraph, Financial Times, Sydney Morning Herald, and Focus Magazine. He has published many scientific articles on the relation between language and thought, and his ideas on thinking as a dialogue with the ... Read more
Reviews for Pieces of Light
Outstanding...draws on both science and art to marvellous effect
Observer
A captivating journey into the mind...told with great style
Telegraph
An immense pleasure
New Scientist
Exhilarating...a compelling case
TLS
A gifted writer
FT
Both playful and profound, a wonderfully memorable read
Douwe Draaisma, author of Why Life Speeds Up ... Read more
Observer
A captivating journey into the mind...told with great style
Telegraph
An immense pleasure
New Scientist
Exhilarating...a compelling case
TLS
A gifted writer
FT
Both playful and profound, a wonderfully memorable read
Douwe Draaisma, author of Why Life Speeds Up ... Read more