Pieces of Light

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Pieces of Light is written by Charles Fernyhough and published by Harper Collins. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0062237942 (ISBN 10) and 9780062237941 (ISBN 13).

In a blend of memoir and science, a psychologist presents a "thoughtful exploration" of autobiographical memory ( Booklist). A new consensus is emerging among cognitive scientists: rather than possessing fixed, unchanging memories, we create new recollections each time we are called upon to remember. As psychologist Charles Fernyhough explains, remembering is an act of narrative imagination as much as it is the product of a neurological process. In Pieces of Light, he illuminates this compelling scientific breakthrough in a series of personal stories, each illustrating memory's complex synergy of cognitive and neurological functions. Combining science and literature, the ordinary and the extraordinary, this fascinating tour through the new science of autobiographical memory helps us better understand the ways we remember—and the ways we forget. Book of the Year: Sunday Times, Sunday Express, and New Scientist