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Forgetting
The Benefits of Not Remembering
Buch von Scott A. Small
Sprache: Englisch

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A renowned neurologist explains why our routine forgetting--of names, dates, even house keys--is not a brain failure but actually one of our minds' most beneficial functions.

Who wouldn't want a better memory? Dr. Scott Small has dedicated his career to understanding why memory fails us. As director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Columbia, he focuses largely on patients who experience pathological forgetting, and it is in contrast to their suffering that normal forgetting, which we experience all the time, every day, appears in sharp relief.

Until recently, most everyone, memory scientists included, believed that forgetting served no purpose. But new research in psychology, neurobiology, medicine, and computer science tells a different story. As it turns out, forgetting is not a failure of our minds. It's not even a benign glitch. It is, in fact, good for us--a required function for our minds to work best.

Forgetting benefits our cognitive and creative abilities, emotional well-being, and even our personal and societal health. As infuriating as a typical lapse can be, it's precisely what opens our minds up to making better decisions and experiencing joy, relationships, and artistic and spiritual flourishing.

From studies of bonobos in the wild to visits with the iconic painter Jasper Johns and the renowned expert on decision-making Daniel Kahneman, Scott Small looks across disciplines to put new scientific findings about memory into illuminating context. The next time you forget where you left your keys, remember that a little forgetting does a lot of good.
A renowned neurologist explains why our routine forgetting--of names, dates, even house keys--is not a brain failure but actually one of our minds' most beneficial functions.

Who wouldn't want a better memory? Dr. Scott Small has dedicated his career to understanding why memory fails us. As director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Columbia, he focuses largely on patients who experience pathological forgetting, and it is in contrast to their suffering that normal forgetting, which we experience all the time, every day, appears in sharp relief.

Until recently, most everyone, memory scientists included, believed that forgetting served no purpose. But new research in psychology, neurobiology, medicine, and computer science tells a different story. As it turns out, forgetting is not a failure of our minds. It's not even a benign glitch. It is, in fact, good for us--a required function for our minds to work best.

Forgetting benefits our cognitive and creative abilities, emotional well-being, and even our personal and societal health. As infuriating as a typical lapse can be, it's precisely what opens our minds up to making better decisions and experiencing joy, relationships, and artistic and spiritual flourishing.

From studies of bonobos in the wild to visits with the iconic painter Jasper Johns and the renowned expert on decision-making Daniel Kahneman, Scott Small looks across disciplines to put new scientific findings about memory into illuminating context. The next time you forget where you left your keys, remember that a little forgetting does a lot of good.
Über den Autor
Scott A. Small
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Grundlagen (Methodik & Statistik)
Genre: Psychologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 240
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780593136195
ISBN-10: 0593136195
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Small, Scott A.
Hersteller: Random House USA Inc
Maße: 218 x 150 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Scott A. Small
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.07.2021
Gewicht: 0,359 kg
preigu-id: 121094269
Über den Autor
Scott A. Small
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Grundlagen (Methodik & Statistik)
Genre: Psychologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 240
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780593136195
ISBN-10: 0593136195
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Small, Scott A.
Hersteller: Random House USA Inc
Maße: 218 x 150 x 25 mm
Von/Mit: Scott A. Small
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.07.2021
Gewicht: 0,359 kg
preigu-id: 121094269
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