Memory Psychology

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A fascinating exploration of the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do to protect our memories, from the Harvard-trained neuroscientist and bestselling author of Still Alice. “Using her expertise as a neuroscientist and her gifts as a...

'I can understand myself only in the light of inner happenings. It is these that make up the singularity of my life, and with these my autobiography deals' (Carl Gustav Jung) In 1957, four years before his death, Carl Gustav Jung, psychiatrist and psychologist, began writing his life story. But...

A comprehensive guide to understanding how memory works, how memory forms, the mind-body connection, and more!

Daniel L. Schacter, chairman of Harvard University’s Psychology Department and a leading expert on memory, has developed the Trst framework that describes the basic memory miscues we all encounter. Just like the seven deadly sins, the seven memory sins appear routinely in everyday life...

What are your earliest childhood memories? Were you afraid of the dark? Can you remember a particularly embarrassing moment? Those memories - along with the words and emotions you use to describe them - hold the key to understanding the person you are today! Drawing on examples from his own life, the lives of celebrities, as well as case studies from his private practice, renowned psychologist Dr. Kevin Leman helps you apply these same techniques to uncover why you are the way you are.

Do you ever feel mentally drained, unfocused, or creatively stuck? Imagine if you could refresh your brain the same way a quick workout boosts your energy — all in just a few minutes a day. Brain Snacks for Mental Fitness is your personal mental gym — packed with short, practical, and proven exercises designed to enhance your focus, creativity, memory, and stress resilience. Whether you're a busy professional, student, or lifelong learner, these bite-sized "brain snacks" will help you think sharper, feel calmer, and perform at your best.

Ever caught yourself doing something and thought, Why did I just do that? The Psychology of Everyday Life explores the hidden patterns behind your choices through 100 short psychology facts you can recognise at work, in relationships, online, and in your own routines. Every fact fits on one page, with a clear explanation, a real-life example, and a practical idea to think about after you put the book down. Inside, you will discover how to: • Spot thinking traps, biases, and mental shortcuts before they steer your decisions. • Understand why habits stick, why motivation shifts, and what ...

Do you ever feel like you're too busy, too stressed, or just too distracted to concentrate and get work done? In Unlimited Memory you'll learn how the world's best memory masters get themselves to concentrate at will, anytime they want. When you can easily focus and concentrate on the task at hand and store and recall useful information, you can easily double your productivity and eliminate wasted time, stress, and mistakes at work. In this book you'll find all the tools, strategies, and techniques you need to improve your memory.

The mind did not evolve to think. It evolved to forage. Knowing this, what if hypnosis isn't something strange or rare—but something your brain already knows how to do? In Mental Foraging and the Evolution of Memory, clinical hypnotist James M. Harrison argues that long before hypnosis was an idea about the workings of the unconscious mind, nervous systems had already evolved the ability to mentally forage. Pausing to simulate, rehearse, and test possibilities before acting, this capacity became foundational to human imagination, memory, and adaptive behavior.

Carl Jung and Reincarnation: Archetypes, Past Lives, Symbolic Memory, and the Psychology of Rebirth examines a question that sits between psychology, religion, and personal experience: what do past-life memories, rebirth dreams, and uncanny feelings of familiarity actually mean? This book does not ask you to accept reincarnation as proven fact. It uses Jung’s psychology to interpret these experiences with care. The focus is on the structure of the psyche, the role of symbols, and the way deep unconscious material can feel older, larger, and less personal than ordinary memory. The ...

Dreams and the Subconscious Mind: Sleep, Symbolism, Memory, Emotions, and How to Interpret Dreams is a practical introduction to what dreams are, how they arise during sleep, and why they can feel so emotionally charged. It explains REM sleep, the sleeping brain, and the relationship between dreams, memory, and feeling in clear language for general readers. Rather than treating dreams as supernatural messages or reducing them to random noise, the book shows how ordinary experiences, stress, conflict, hope, grief, and desire can shape what appears at night. The book focuses on questions ...

Designed for psychotherapists and their clients, Peter Levine's latest best-seller continues his groundbreaking exploration of the central role of the body in processing—and healing—trauma. With foreword by Bessel van der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score In Trauma and Memory...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening—and how to get our attention back. “The book the world needs in order to win the war on distraction...

In The Champion's Mind, sports psychologist Jim Afremow, PhD, LPC, now offers the same advice he uses with Olympians, Heisman Trophy winners, and professional athletes, including tips and techniques based on high-performance psychology research, such as how to get in a "zone," thrive on a team, and stay humble; how to progress within a sport and sustain excellence long-term, and customizable pre-performance routines to hit full power when the gun goes off or the puck is dropped.

Read by the author. In this comprehensive guidebook, globally recognized toddler expert Devon Kuntzman, PCC provides you with quick-reference tools and tips for effective, healthy discipline to help you overcome the everyday challenges of this critical developmental period. Many parents feel...

The Neuroscience of Music: How Rhythm, Melody, Memory, Emotion, and Dopamine Shape the Human Brain explains how the brain turns sound into pulse, pattern, expectation, memory, and feeling. It begins with the path from the ear to the auditory brain, then shows how listeners detect timing, pitch, contour, and musical structure. Using familiar experiences such as tapping to a beat, recognizing a tune after only a few notes, or feeling tension before a chord resolves, it makes the science of musical perception concrete and easy to follow. The book gives special attention to rhythm, melody, and ...

Why do some lessons spark instant understanding while others leave learners overwhelmed and confused? Teachers explain carefully. Students read the material. Trainers deliver detailed presentations. Yet the knowledge refuses to stick. The reason is rarely intelligence or effort. The real culprit is something far less obvious: cognitive overload. The human mind is not built to absorb unlimited information at once. Working memory has strict limits. When instruction ignores those limits, learning slows, frustration rises, and even the most motivated students struggle to make sense of what they...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "Being You is an exhilarating book: a vast-ranging, phenomenal achievement that will undoubtedly become a seminal text." —The Guardian Anil Seth's quest to understand the biological basis of conscious experience is one of the most exciting contributions to...

Think you have a good memory? Think again. Memories are our most cherished possessions. We rely on them every day of our lives. They make us who we are. And yet the truth is they are far from being the accurate record of the past we like to think they are. True, we can all admit to having suffered occasional memory lapses, such as entering a room and immediately forgetting why or suddenly being unable to recall the name of someone we've met dozens of times. But what if we have the potential for more profound errors of memory?

The Collective Unconscious Debate: Modern Controversies and Its Relevance Today explores one of psychology’s most mysterious and debated ideas through a fresh, modern lens. From the scientific critique of inherited archetypes to the cultural, philosophical, and digital implications of shared symbolism, this engaging and accessible book dives deep into the complex questions surrounding the collective unconscious. Is the collective unconscious a timeless truth, a metaphor for human connection, or a relic of outdated thinking? This book examines the theory’s impact on therapy, neuroscience...