TY - BOOK ID - 78072571 TI - The nostalgia factory : memory, time and ageing AU - Draaisma, D. AU - Waters, Liz. PY - 2013 SN - 0300198523 9780300198522 9780300182866 0300182864 0300205392 PB - New Haven : Yale University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Reminiscing in old age. KW - Reminiscing. KW - Autobiographical memory. KW - Memory KW - Age factors in memory KW - Ability, Influence of age on KW - Reminiscence processes KW - Recollection (Psychology) KW - Older people KW - Age factors. KW - Psychology KW - Reminiscing in old age.. KW - Reminiscing.. KW - Autobiographical memory.. KW - Memory -- Age factors. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78072571 AB - You cannot call to mind the name of a man you have known for 30 years. You walk into a room and forget what you came for. What is the name of that famous film you’ve watched so many times? These are common experiences, and as we grow older we tend to worry about these lapses. Is our memory failing? Is it dementia?   Douwe Draaisma, a renowned memory specialist, here focuses on memory in later life. Writing with eloquence and humor, he explains neurological phenomena without becoming lost in specialist terminology. His book is reminiscent of Oliver Sacks’s work, and not coincidentally this volume includes a long interview with Sacks, who speaks of his own memory changes as he entered his sixties. Draaisma moves smoothly from anecdote to research and back, weaving stories and science into a compelling description of the terrain of memory. He brings to light the “reminiscence effect,” just one of the unexpected pleasures of an aging memory.   The author writes reassuringly about forgetfulness and satisfyingly dismantles the stubborn myth that mental gymnastics can improve memory. He presents a convincing case in favor of the aging mind and urges us to value the nostalgia that survives as recollection, appreciate the intangible nature of past events, and take pleasure in the consolation of razor-sharp reminiscing. ER -