A Sense of Self: Memory, the Brain, and Who We Are 9780393541939, 9780393541922
Psychiatrist Veronica O'Keane has spent many years observing how memory and experience are interwoven. In this rich
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English Pages 288 Year 2021
Table of contents :
Contents
Foreword
PART 1 HOW WE MAKE MEMORIES
1.Dawnings
2.Sensation: The Raw Ingredient of Memory
3.Making Sense
4.The Story of the Hippocampus
5.The Sixth Sense: The Hidden Cortex
6.A Sense of Place
7.Time and Experiencing Continuity
8.Stress: Remembering and ‘Forgetting’
PART 2 HOW MEMORY MAKES US
9.Self-Recognition: The Start of Autobiographical Memory
10.The Tree of Life: Arborizations and Prunings
11.A Sense of Self
12.Sex Hormones and Songbirds
13.The Shifting Narratives of Life
14.False or True?
15.The Oldest Memories
Postscript
Notes
References
Index
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