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You cannot call to mind the name of a man you have known for 30 years. You walk into a room and forget what you came for. What is the name of that famous film you’ve watched so many times? These are common experiences, and as we grow older we tend to worry about these lapses. Is our memory failing? Is it dementia?   Douwe Draaisma, a renowned memory specialist, here focuses on memory in later life. Writing with eloquence and humor, he explains neurological phenomena without becoming lost in specialist terminology. His book is reminiscent of Oliver Sacks’s work, and not coincidentally this volume includes a long interview with Sacks, who speaks of his own memory changes as he entered his sixties. Draaisma moves smoothly from anecdote to research and back, weaving stories and science into a compelling description of the terrain of memory. He brings to light the “reminiscence effect,” just one of the unexpected pleasures of an aging memory.   The author writes reassuringly about forgetfulness and satisfyingly dismantles the stubborn myth that mental gymnastics can improve memory. He presents a convincing case in favor of the aging mind and urges us to value the nostalgia that survives as recollection, appreciate the intangible nature of past events, and take pleasure in the consolation of razor-sharp reminiscing.

Reminiscing in old age. --- Reminiscing. --- Autobiographical memory. --- Memory --- Age factors in memory --- Ability, Influence of age on --- Reminiscence processes --- Recollection (Psychology) --- Older people --- Age factors. --- Psychology --- Reminiscing in old age.. --- Reminiscing.. --- Autobiographical memory.. --- Memory -- Age factors.

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Psychology --- Biology --- Physiology of nerves and sense organs --- Hygiene. Public health. Protection --- smell [sense] --- memory --- memory [psychological concept]

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Sergei Korsakoff, Alois Alzheimer, James Parkinson, Hans Asperger and other eminent scientists, are all names which have become synonymous with a disease, a syndrome, or an autistic disorder. Although the names of these psychiatrists and neurologists are familiar, we often know little about the individuals themselves and the circumstances surrounding their discoveries. What exactly did they discover, and who were their patients? Douwe Draaisma expertly reconstructs the lives of these and eight other 'names' from the science of mind and brain. Disturbances of the Mind provides a fascinating, illuminating, and at times touching insight into the history of brain research. Thanks to Draaisma's unerring eye and elegant, engaging style, the case histories of Asperger, Bonnet, Capgras, Clérambault, Korsakoff and Gilles de la Tourette syndromes; Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases; the areas of Broca and Brodmann; Jackson's epilepsy; and the Gage matrix are all brought to life and transformed into unforgettable tales.

Brain --- History, Modern 1601-. --- Mental disorders --- Nervous System Diseases --- Nervous system --- Neurologen. --- Neurologists. --- Neurology --- Psychiaters. --- Psychiatrists. --- Psychiatry --- Diseases --- History. --- Research. --- physiology. --- history. --- Alienists --- Psychopathologists --- Mental health personnel --- Physicians --- Neurologists --- Psychiatrists --- Brain research --- Cerebrum --- Mind --- Central nervous system --- Head --- Organs (Anatomy) --- Neurosciences

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Physiology of nerves and sense organs --- Psychiatry --- Neuropathology

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Analyse van het bestaan van de mens vanuit een combinatie van psychologie, evolutiebiologie en neuro-anatomie.