Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older

Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 287
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ISBN-10 : 9781107646261
ISBN-13 : 110764626X
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Book Synopsis Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older by : Douwe Draaisma

Download or read book Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older written by Douwe Draaisma and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entertaining and educational, Douwe Draaisma's Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older raises almost as many questions as it answers. Draaisma applies a blend of scholarship, poetic sensibility and keen observation in exploring the nature of autobiographical memory, covering subjects such as déj...-vu, near death experiences and the effect of severe trauma on memory recall, as well as human perceptions of time at different stages in life. A highly accessible and personal read, this book will not fail to touch or provoke thought in its readers.


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