Why We Remember: The Science of Memory and How it Shapes Us

Ranganath, Dr Charan

ISBN 10: 057137414X / ISBN 13: 9780571374144

Published by Faber & Faber, 2024

About this Item

In a cream hardcover with blue titles to spine. With an unclipped pictorial dust jacket with yellow and white titles to spine and front. Signed by the author on the title page. 304 pp. The book is in as new condition. The cover is free of shelf-wear, the binding is tight and the pages clean and unmarked. The dust jacket is also near fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why We Remember: The Science of Memory and How it Shapes Us
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 057137414X
• ISBN 13: 9780571374144
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

A radical reexamination of memory, by the pioneering neuroscientist and internationally-renowned memory researcher.

We talk about memory as a record of the past, but here’s a surprising twist: we aren’t supposed to remember everything. In fact, we’re designed to forget. Over the course of twenty-five years, Charan Ranganath has studied the flawed, incomplete and purposefully inaccurate nature of memory to find that our brains haven’t evolved to keep a comprehensive record of events, but to extract the information needed to guide our futures.

Using fascinating case studies and testimonies, Why We Remember unveils the principles behind what and why we forget and shines new light on the silent, pervasive influence of memory on how we learn, heal and make decisions. By examining the role that attention, intention, imagination and emotion play in the storing of memories, it provides a vital user’s guide to remembering what we hold most dear.