The Rag and Bone Shop [First ed.] 9780141991023

A leading psychiatrist shows how the mysteries of the brain are illuminated at the extremes of human experience A twin

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Table of contents :
Contents

Foreword

PART 1 HOW WE MAKE MEMORIES
1. Dawnings
2. Sensation: The Raw Ingredient of Memory
3. Making Sense
4. The Story of the Hippocampus
5. The Sixth Sense: The Hidden Cortex
6. A Sense of Place
7. Time and Experiencing Continuity
8. Stress: Remembering and ‘Forgetting’
PART 2 HOW MEMORY MAKES US
9. Self-Recognition: The Start of Autobiographical Memory
10. The Tree of Life: Arborizations and Prunings
11. A Sense of Self
12. Sex Hormones and Songbirds
13. The Shifting Narratives of Life
14. False or True?
15. The Oldest Memories

Postscript

Notes

References

Index

The Rag and Bone Shop [First ed.]
 9780141991023

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