Search results for ""Author Veronica O'Keane""
BAZAR DE LA MEMORIA EL
En este libro impactante, esclarecedor y reflexivo, la destacada psiquiatra Veronica O;Keane nos explica, a través de su experiencia terapéutica, las redes neurológicas y los procesos que intervienen en la memoria; brinda además ricas perspectivas filosóficas y literarias.Una punzada de tristeza, un suspiro de pesar, el ímpetu del amor, el entumecimiento que produce la pérdida; los recuerdos tienen el poder de conmovernos, a menudo cuando menos lo esperamos, señal del complejo proceso neuronal que actúa tras los bastidores de nuestra vida cotidiana. Un proceso, además, que nos conforma y nos construye al filtrar el mundo que nos rodea, moldear nuestro comportamiento y alimentar nuestra imaginación.Veronica O;Keane ha dedicado muchos años a observar el modo en que memoria y experiencia se entretejen. A partir de las conmovedoras historias de sus pacientes, e involucrando a conocidos escritores, la autora explica las últimas investigaciones neurocientíficas para resituar nuestra co
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WW Norton & Co 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 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.
£13.71
Penguin Books Ltd The Rag and Bone Shop: How We Make Memories and Memories Make Us
'A must read' Philippa Perry'Rich, revelatory and, in the best way, unsettling . . . the mixture of scientific curiosity, bookish thoughtfulness and medical compassion is reminiscent of Oliver Sacks' Sunday Times 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. Memory is a process that shapes us: filtering the world around us, informing our behaviour and feeding our imagination.Drawing on the poignant stories of her patients, from literature and fairy tales, Veronica O'Keane uses the latest neuroscientific research in this rich, fascinating exploration to ask, 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?This book is a testament to the courage - and suffering - of those who live with serious mental illness, showing how their experiences unlock our understanding of everything we know and feel.
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