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<p>How is it possible to have vivid memories of something that never happened?</p> <p>How can siblings remember the same event from their childhoods so differently?</p> <p>Do the selections and distortions of memory reveal a truth about the self?</p> <p>Why are certain memories tied to specific places?</p> <p>Does your memory really get worse as you get older?</p> <p>A new consensus is emerging among cognitive scientists: rather than possessing fixed, unchanging memories, we create recollections anew each time we are called upon to remember. As the psychologist Charles Fernyhough explains, remembering is an act of narrative imagination as much as it is the product of a neurological process. In <b>Pieces of Light</b>, he eloquently illuminates this compelling scientific breakthrough via a series of personal stories—a visit to his college campus to see if his memories hold up, an interview with his ninety-three-year-old grandmother, conversations with those whose memories are affected by brain damage and trauma—each illustrating memory's complex synergy of cognitive and neurological functions.</p> <p>Fernyhough guides readers through the fascinating new science of autobiographical me

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Author

Fernyhough, Charles, 1968-

Publisher

Harper; HarperCollins

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780062237897

Category

science

Subjects

Psychology, Science, Social_sciences

Rating

4.2 / 5 (115 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14