Searching for Memory

Why read it

• You will see how what you already know and misleading cues can make you remember things that never happened
• You will understand that remembering is something the mind builds each time, not a file it simply plays back
• You will learn that you can know and use things without being aware that you remember them

Who it is for

• Someone who trusts their own recall in arguments
• A reader worried about a relative's fading memory
• A curious reader of psychology and brain science

What the summary covers

1. Introduction: Memory's Fragile Power1 min
2. 1. On Remembering3 min
3. 2. Building Memories3 min
4. 3. Of Time and Autobiography2 min
5. 4. Reflections in a Curved Mirror3 min
6. 5. Vanishing Traces14 min

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