Memory and the Human Lifespan

De: Steve Joordens, The Great Courses

Narrado por: Steve Joordens

What if your memory suddenly vanished, so that you could no longer summon recollections of anything at all? What if you couldn't even remember yourself - not your name, your school, where you worked, or even the face of the total stranger staring back at you from the mirror?

If all of your memories were gone, would "self" even have a meaning? The truth is that while you may think of human memory as a capacity - a way to call up important facts or episodes from your past - it is much, much more, a collection of systems that provide the continuity of consciousness that allows the concept of "you" to make sense, creating the ongoing narrative that makes your life truly yours. This intriguing series of 24 lectures by an honored researcher and teacher explains not only how the various aspects of your memory operate, but the impact memory has on your daily experience of life.

By understanding how the brain organizes and encodes information, you can better harness its extraordinary powers to fine-tune how it works for you and use this information to help reshape your very experience of being alive.

The lectures explore topics like: the different kinds of systems that make memory possible; how those systems work together to build and access memories of specific events, solve problems, learn basic tasks like brushing your teeth, or acquire the skills to play a musical instrument; the kinds of memory deficits that result when various parts of the brain are damaged or deteriorate; how memory shapes not only your experience of the past but also of the present, as well as your expectations of the future; and how your memory systems develop throughout your life.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.

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Simply the best

Simply I’ve done over a dozen of the great courses and none even come close to the quality of this one. A must listen.

I am a TBI Survivor w/new insight of who/how I am

I gained so much insight on my life through this book. See, I suffered a TBI a few years back. A side effect after a TBI is that you now have several doctors that assist you through recovery. I never quite understood the explanation from my doctors about exactly why my brain works the way it does, post TBI.

After going through this book over and over and over. I was able see and understand the full picture of how, why, and who I am today.

Engaging and interesting

Since I have a person with Alzheimer's in my family, I am interested in all resources that have to do with memory. The course had me engaged from the first chapter with real life examples , exercises and facts. I love the great courses, but I tend to take my time listening to them, however, this course I finished in 2 days. I actually plan on listening to this again soon.

Loved it!!!!

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Loved it

Very well told. Lots of complex things told in a crisp and easier way.
Would love to read more from this author.