Adventures in Memory: The Science and Secrets of Remembering and Forgetting by Ylva Østby, Hilde Østby

Adventures in Memory: The Science and Secrets of Remembering and Forgetting

Ylva Østby, Hilde Østby

296 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction psychology science informative medium-paced

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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 illu...

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