Memory : fragments of a modern history / Alison Winter.
Memory : fragments of a modern history / Alison Winter.
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Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2012.
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G 2013/777
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 319 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
On the witness stand -- The making of truth serum -- Memories of war -- Wilder Penfield and the recording of personal experience -- three lives of Bridey Murphy -- Securing memory in the Cold War -- Flashbulb memories -- law of memory -- Frederic Bartlett and the social psychology of remembering --...
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Publisher
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2012.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
c2012.
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Summary
"Picture your twelfth birthday. Did you have a party? If so, do you remember who was there? Now step back: how clear are those memories? Should we trust them to be accurate, or is there a chance that you're remembering incorrectly? And where have the many details you can no longer recall gone? Are they hidden somewhere in your brain, or are they go...
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Memory : fragments of a modern history / Alison Winter.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-310) and index.
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c2012.
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G 2013/777
Record Identifier
74VvBE7wo6yM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvBE7wo6yM
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ISBN
0226902587 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226902586 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
153.120904
MMS ID
991016467659702626
