{"product_id":"pieces-of-light-how-the-new-science-of-memory-illuminates-the-stories-we-tell-about-our-pasts-9780062237903","title":"Pieces of Light: How the New Science of Memory Illuminates the Stories We Tell about Our Pasts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShort-listed for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, the Best Book of Ideas Prize, and the Society of Biology Book Awards - Book of the Year: \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"In its stunning blend of the literary with the scientific, \u003cem\u003ePieces of Light\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates ordinary and extraordinary stories to remind us that who we are now has everything to do with who we were once, and that identity itself is intricately rooted the transporting moments of remembrance. We are what we remember.\" -- Andr  Aciman, author of \u003cem\u003eOut of Egypt\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHarvard Square\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new consensus is emerging among cognitive scientists: rather than possessing fixed, unchanging memories, we create new recollections each time we are called upon to remember. As psychologist Charles Fernyhough explains, remembering is an act of narrative imagination as much as it is the product of a neurological process. In \u003cem\u003ePieces of Light\u003c\/em\u003e, he illuminates this compelling scientific breakthrough in a series of personal stories, each illustrating memory's complex synergy of cognitive and neurological functions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining science and literature, the ordinary and the extraordinary, this fascinating tour through the new science of autobiographical memory helps us better understand the ways we remember--and the ways we forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Fernyhough\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062237903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFernyhough, Charles:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Fernyhough is an award-winning writer and psychologist. His books include \u003cem\u003eA Thousand Days of Wonder: A Scientist's Chronicle of His Daughter's Developing Mind\u003c\/em\u003e and the novels \u003cem\u003eThe Auctioneer\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Box of Birds\u003c\/em\u003e. He has written for the Guardian, the \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e; contributes to NPR's Radiolab; blogs for \u003cem\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/em\u003e; and is a professor of psychology at Durham University in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40670109466739,"sku":"9.78006E+12","price":23.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_150f73e2-fc8c-4420-92ed-99c2668571f5.jpg?v=1673966042","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/pieces-of-light-how-the-new-science-of-memory-illuminates-the-stories-we-tell-about-our-pasts-9780062237903","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}