" Have you ever felt a crushing wave of panic when you can't for the life of
you remember the name of that actor in the movie you saw last week, or you walk
into a room only to forget why you went there in the first place? If you're
over forty, you're probably not laughing. You might even be worried that these
lapses in memory could be an early sign of Alzheimer's or dementia. In reality,
for the vast majority of us, these examples of forgetting are completely
normal. Why? Because while memory is amazing, it is far from perfect. Our
brains aren't designed to remember every name we hear, plan we make, or day we
experience. Just because your memory sometimes fails doesn't mean it's broken
or succumbing to disease. Forgetting is actually part of being human. 

" In Remember, neuroscientist and acclaimed novelist Lisa Genova delves into
how memories are made and how we retrieve them. You'll learn whether forgotten
memories are temporarily inaccessible or erased forever and why some memories
are built to exist for only a few seconds (like a passcode) while others can
last a lifetime (your wedding day). You'll come to appreciate the clear
distinction between normal forgetting (where you parked your car) and
forgetting due to Alzheimer's (that you own a car). And you'll see how memory
is profoundly impacted by meaning, emotion, sleep, stress, and context. Once
you understand the language of memory and how it functions, its incredible
strengths and maddening weaknesses, its natural vulnerabilities and potential
superpowers, you can both vastly improve your ability to remember and feel less
rattled when you inevitably forget. You can set educated expectations for your
memory, and in doing so, create a better relationship with it. You don't have
to fear it anymore. And that can be life-changing.

 Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting | Hardcover

Lisa Genova

Harmony/Rodale | Harmony

Psychology / Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology / Self-Help /
Personal Growth - Memory Improvement / Health & Fitness / Diseases -
Alzheimer's & Dementia

Published Mar 23, 2021
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