Remembering Our Childhood: How Memory Betrays Us

by Karl Sabbagh

Book Overview

This fascinating and often disturbing book looks at science's present understanding of how memory works, particularly in terms of childhood recollections. He shows that, in cases of "recovered memories," the unreliability of memory has had tragic consequences. Many people firmly believe that they can recall scenes from their infancy. But through closely examining memories culled from his interviews, as well as psychological and neurological studies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199218404
• ISBN13: 9780199218400
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.6" x 5.4"