Why do we remember certain things but forget others?
Dr Charles Fernyhough is a writer and psychologist. His previous book, The Baby in the Mirror, was also critically acclaimed in the UK and has been translated into seven languages. He is a Reader in Psychology at Durham University and has written for the Guardian, Financial Times and Sunday Telegraph.
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 As You Get Older*
A beautifully written, absorbing read - a fascinating journey
through the latest science of memory
*Elizabeth Loftus, Distinguished Professor, University of
California, Irvine*
In this enthralling tour of human memory, Charles Fernyhough -
himself a hybrid of science and poetry - reveals the mysterious
forces behind these stories that shape our lives.
*Jonah Lehrer, author of Imagine: How Creativity Works*
Fernyhough weaves literature and science to expose our rich,
beautiful relationship with our past and future selves.
*Dr. David Eagleman, Neuroscientist and author of Incognito: The
Secret Lives of the Brain*
Combining the engaging style of a novelist with the rigour of a
scientist, insightful and thought provoking...will linger in your
memory and change the way you think about it.
*Daniel L. Schacter, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University,
and author of The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and
Remembers.*
A sophisticated blend of findings from science and ideas from
literature...at times moving and very rewarding
*Times Higher Education*
A captivating journey into the mind
*Daily Telegraph*
As absorbing as it is thought-provoking
*Sunday Business Post*
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