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Memory: Fragments of a Modern History Hardcover – January 16, 2012

by Alison Winter (Author)

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Picture your twenty-first birthday. Did you have a party? If so, do you remember who was there? Now step back: how clear are those memories? Should we trust them to be accurate, or is there a chance that you’re remembering incorrectly? And where have the many details you can no longer recall gone? Are they hidden somewhere in your brain, or are they gone forever?

Such questions have fascinated scientists for hundreds of years, and, as Alison Winter shows in Memory: Fragments of a Modern History, the answers have changed dramatically in just the past century. Tracing the cultural and scientific history of our understanding of memory, Winter explores early metaphors that likened memory to a filing cabinet; later, she shows, that cabinet was replaced by the image of a reel of film, ever available for playback. That model, too, was eventually superseded, replaced by the current understanding of memory as the result of an extremely complicated, brain-wide web of cells and systems that together assemble our pasts. Winter introduces us to innovative scientists and sensationalistic seekers, and, drawing on evidence ranging from scientific papers to diaries to movies, explores the way that new understandings from the laboratory have seeped out into psychiatrists' offices, courtrooms, and the culture at large. Along the way, she investigates the sensational battles over the validity of repressed memories that raged through the 1980s and shows us how changes in technology—such as the emergence of recording devices and computers—have again and again altered the way we conceptualize, and even try to study, the ways we remember.

Packed with fascinating details and curious episodes from the convoluted history of memory science, Memory is a book you'll remember long after you close its cover.

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Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; First Edition edition (January 16, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0226902587
ISBN-13: 978-0226902586
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,196,968 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #477 in Books > Medical Books > Psychology > History
- #515 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Psychology & Counseling > History
- #2734 in Books > Medical Books > Psychology > Cognitive

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Absolutely fascinating

By Lawrence M. Hinman on February 22, 2013

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This is a wonderful and finely textured exploration of the study of memory in the 20th century. Winter is in easy command of a wealth of detail and illuminates the subtle interplay between concepts and technologies, especially the flashback metaphor drawn from cinema to science. This was one of those books that I found myself picking up and continuing to read whenever I got a chance. I'm looking forward to reading her book on mesmerism after this.

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1 of 9 people found the following review helpful

Not what I was looking for

By Sirin Tugbay on December 3, 2012

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It's definitely an interesting area of research, but disappointed for my personal reasons to read it. Too many court examples and not enough memory talk.

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