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Why life speeds up as you get older how memory shapes our past

Is it true, as the novelist Cees Nooteboom once wrote, that memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases? Where do the long, lazy summers of our childhood go? Why, as we grow older, does time seem to condense, speed up and elude us, while in old age, significant events from our distant past can seem as vivid and real as what happened yesterday? Douwe Draaisma, author of the internationally acclaimed Metaphors of Memory (Cambridge, 2001), explores the nature of autobiographical memory. Applying a unique blend of scholarship, poetic sensibility, and keen observation, he tackles such extraordinary phenomena as deja-vu, near-death experiences, the memory feats of idiot savants, and the effects of extreme trauma on memory recall. Raising almost as many questions as it answers, this fascinating book will not fail to affect you at the same time as it educates and entertains. Douwe Draaisma is Professor of the History of Psychology in the Department of Theory and History of Psychology at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. He has published books on time and memory and his articles have appeared in professional journals as diverse as Annals of Science, Psychological Medicine, and Nature. The original Dutch version of Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older has won several scientific and literary awards.

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  • "How memory shapes our past"@en
  • "How memory shapes our past"
  • "Waarom het leven sneller gaat als je ouder wordt"
  • "Waarom het leven sneller gaat als je ouder wordt"@it
  • "Why life speeds up as you get older"

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  • "Is it true, as the novelist Cees Nooteboom once wrote, that memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases? Where do the long, lazy summers of our childhood go? Why, as we grow older, does time seem to condense, speed up and elude us, while in old age, significant events from our distant past can seem as vivid and real as what happened yesterday? Douwe Draaisma, author of the internationally acclaimed Metaphors of Memory (Cambridge, 2001), explores the nature of autobiographical memory. Applying a unique blend of scholarship, poetic sensibility, and keen observation, he tackles such extraordinary phenomena as deja-vu, near-death experiences, the memory feats of idiot savants, and the effects of extreme trauma on memory recall. Raising almost as many questions as it answers, this fascinating book will not fail to affect you at the same time as it educates and entertains. Douwe Draaisma is Professor of the History of Psychology in the Department of Theory and History of Psychology at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. He has published books on time and memory and his articles have appeared in professional journals as diverse as Annals of Science, Psychological Medicine, and Nature. The original Dutch version of Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older has won several scientific and literary awards."@en
  • "Les événements propres à l'existence de l'homme sont consignés dans ce que les psychologues appellent la mémoire autobiographique, à la fois carnet de bord et d'oubli. L'investigation psychologique de cette mémoire, apparue tardivement dans l'histoire des sciences, tente de comprendre, par exemple, pourquoi chacun se rappelle où il se trouvait à l'annonce des attentats du 11 septembre."
  • "Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older raises almost as many questions as it answers. Draaisma explores the nature of autobiographical memory, covering subjects such as dejvu, near death experiences and the effect of severe trauma on memory recall, as well as human perceptions of time at different stages in life."
  • "Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older raises almost as many questions as it answers. Draaisma explores the nature of autobiographical memory, covering subjects such as dejvu, near death experiences and the effect of severe trauma on memory recall, as well as human perceptions of time at different stages in life."@en

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  • "Populárně-naučné publikace"
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  • "Por qué "el tiempo vuela" cuando nos hacemos mayores cómo la memoria rediseña nuestro pasado"@es
  • "Ji yi de feng jing : wo men wei shen me "xiang qi", you wei shen me "yi wang"? = Waarom het leven sneller gaat als je ouder wordt : over het autobiografische geheugen"
  • "Pourquoi la vie passe plus vite à mesure qu'on vieillit"
  • "Hvorfor livet går hurtigere, når man bliver ældre : om den selvbiografiske hukommelse"@da
  • "Hvorfor livet går hurtigere, når man bliver ældre : om den selvbiografiske hukommelse"
  • "Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older : How Memory Shapes our Past"
  • "Zašto se život ubrzava što smo stariji : o autobiografskom pamćenju"
  • "Porque é que a vida acelera à medida que se envelhece : sobre a memória autobiográfica"
  • "[Waarom het leven sneller gaat als je ouder wordt] = Why life speeds up as you get older"
  • "Miért futnak egyre gyorsabban az évek?"@hu
  • "Miért futnak egyre gyorsabban az évek?"
  • "Por qué "el tiempo vuela" cuando nos hacemos mayores : cómo la memoria rediseña nuestro pasado"@es
  • "Por qué "el tiempo vuela" cuando nos hacemos mayores : cómo la memoria rediseña nuestro pasado"
  • "Waarom het leven sneller gaat als je ouder wordt : over het autobiografische geheugen"
  • "Waarom het leven sneller gaat als je alder wordt <engl.&gt"
  • "Proč život ubíhá rychleji, když stárneme : o autobiograficke paměti ; [ z holandského originálu ... přeložil Ruben Pellar]/ Douwe Draaisma"
  • "Muistikirja : ensimmäisistä muistoista unohtamisen usvaan"
  • "Dlaczego życie płynie szybciej, gdy się starzejemy : o pamieci autobiograficznej"
  • "Waarom het leven sneller gaat als je ouder wordt : Over het autobiografische geheugen"
  • "Why life speeds up as you get older : reflections on autobiographical memory"
  • "Proč život ubíhá rychleji, když stárneme : o autobiografické paměti"
  • "Warum das Leben schneller vergeht, wenn man älter wird von den Rätseln unserer Erinnerung"
  • "Dlaczego życie płynie szybciej, gdy się starzejemy : o pamięci autobiograficznej"@pl
  • "Waarom het leven sneller gaat als je ouder wordt over het autobiografische geheugen"
  • "Perché la vita accelera con l'età : come la memoria disegna il nostro passato"
  • "Perché la vita accelera con l'età : come la memoria disegna il nostro passato"@it
  • "Why life speeds up as you get older how memory shapes our past"@en
  • "Why life speeds up as you get older how memory shapes our past"
  • "Waarom het leven sneller gaat als je alder wordt"
  • "Waarom het leven sneller gaat als je ouder wordt"
  • "Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older How Memory Shapes our Past"
  • "Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older How Memory Shapes our Past"@en
  • "Warum das Leben schneller vergeht, wenn man älter wird : von den Rätseln unserer Erinnerung"
  • "Why life speeds up as you get older : how memory shapes our past"
  • "Why life speeds up as you get older : how memory shapes our past"@en
  • "Why life speeds up as you get older : on autobiographical memory"

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