A Sense of Self: Memory, the Brain, and Who We Are by O'Keane, Veronica
A Sense of Self: Memory, the Brain, and Who We Are by O'Keane, Veronica

A Sense of Self: Memory, the Brain, and Who We Are

A twinge of sadness, a rush of love, a knot of loss, a whiff of regret. Memories...
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SKU: 9780393541922
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Author: Veronica O'Keane
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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A Sense of Self: Memory, the Brain, and Who We Are by O'Keane, Veronica

A Sense of Self: Memory, the Brain, and Who We Are

$84.40
A Sense of Self: Memory, the Brain, and Who We Are by O'Keane, Veronica

A Sense of Self: Memory, the Brain, and Who We Are

$84.40
Author: Veronica O'Keane
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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A twinge of sadness, a rush of love, a knot of loss, a whiff of regret. Memories have the power to move us, often when we least expect it, a sign of the complex neural process that continues in the background of our everyday lives. This process shapes us: filtering the world around us, informing our behavior and feeding our imagination.

Psychiatrist Veronica O'Keane has spent many years observing how memory and experience are interwoven. In this rich, fascinating exploration, she asks, among other things: Why can memories feel so real? How are our sensations and perceptions connected with them? Why is place so important in memory? Are there such things as "true" and "false" memories? And, above all, what happens when the process of memory is disrupted by mental illness? O'Keane uses the broken memories of psychosis to illuminate the integrated human brain, offering a new way of thinking about our own personal experiences.

Drawing on poignant accounts that include her own experiences, as well as what we can learn from insights in literature and fairytales and the latest neuroscientific research, O'Keane reframes our understanding of the extraordinary puzzle that is the human brain and how it changes during its growth from birth to adolescence and old age. By elucidating this process, she exposes the way that the formation of memory in the brain is vital to the creation of our sense of self.



Author: Veronica O'Keane
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/25/2021
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780393541922


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/22/2021
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2021

About the Author
O'Keane, Veronica: - Veronica O'Keane is professor of psychiatry and consultant psychiatrist at Trinity College Dublin, with over thirty years of experience in the field. She has published extensively in the academic literature and lives by the sea in Dublin, Ireland.
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