In this tour of the mind and brain, a memory researcher reveals the powerful role memory plays in nearly every aspect of our lives, from recalling faces and names, to learning, decision-making, trauma and healing.
Lucid and rigorous ... Ranganath’s book shines when it’s illuminating how this all works in the brain. His descriptions of complex studies are entertaining and clarifying, and he vividly paints the intellectual history of the science of memory.
A riveting overview of how memory works ... Ranganath has a knack for describing neuroanatomy in accessible terms, and the science consistently surprises.
