Memory Remembering and Forgetting in Everyday Life [Paperback]

Barry Gordon MD (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1995

An informative and entertaining explanation of memory, and how and why people remember or forget. This book combines the latest neuological findings about how the brain works along with fascinating stories of individuals who have experienced significant, and sometimes bizarre, memory problems.

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Amazon.com Review

Dr. Gordon is head of cognitive neurology at Johns Hopkins, a specialist in memory and language disorders. His book gives an account of the state of scientific knowledge on how memory works, and why it often fails. He emphasizes the regular unexceptional processes of remembering and forgetting, rather than the controversial area of memory repressed through traumatic abuse. He deals, for example, with the effects on memory of aging, and discusses gender differences in the ability to recall. Meaning and purpose emerge as the most significant factors in recall and recognition. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Gordon, a specialist in memory and language disorders, heads the division of cognitive neurology at Johns Hopkins. Here he presents a readable account of how we remember and forget, by weaving practical exercises and case histories into a scientific web of data, touching on subjects such as recognition, recall, memory blocks, and the effects of drugs. Unconscious memory connections create neural pathways through closeness in time and proximity in space, but meaning and purpose emerge as the most significant factors in remembering, according to the author. He points out that women remember names and faces better, whereas males recall locations in space more accurately than females. Entertaining and informative, the book, although not as poetic, compares with Philip Hilts's Memory's Ghost (LJ 7/95). Recommended.
Dennis G. Twiggs, Winston-Salem, N.C.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 293 pages
• Publisher: Intelligence Amplifications Inc (January 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571010734
• ISBN-13: 978-1571010735
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,136,196 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Memory: Remembering and Forgetting in Everyday Life (Hardcover)

This book is written very well and its style is non-condescending as most medical books tend to be. It covers the alpha and omega when it comes to brain science and doesn't get bogged down with medical info. In other words, the book covers all of the basics without getting tedious.