These “moving and often surprising” (The Wall Street Journal) case histories meld science and storytelling to show that caregivers don’t just witness cognitive decline in their loved ones with dementia—they are its invisible victims. “This book will forever change the way we see people with dementia disorders—and the people who care for them.”—Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone A BBC BOOK OF THE WEEK • A TELEGRAPH BEST BOOK OF SUMMER • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDIT...
This book provides a complete survey of research and theory on human memory in three major sections. A background section covers issues of the history of memory, and basic neuroscience and methodology. A core topics section discusses sensory registers, mechanisms of forgetting, and short-term/working, nondeclarative, episodic, and semantic memory. Finally, a special topics section includes formal models of memory, memory for space and time, autobiographical memory, memory and reality, and more....
“¿ Qué harí a si se tratara de su familiar?”, es la pregunta que muchos le hacen al mé dico que atiende su caso. ¿ Có mo decidir por alguien má s? ¿ Có mo elegir lo mejor en tratamientos mé dicos, temas financieros, legales y sobre la vida de otra persona? ""Cuando el dí a llega a su fin"" responde a estos cuestionamientos y acompañ a a la familia y a cuidadores detrá s de un diagnó stico de alzhé imer u otra enfermedad por demencia. La doctora Kenny comparte recomendaciones a partir de su ampl...
Memory (Code Keepers Journal, #1) (Code Keepers, #1)
by William Walker Atkinson
Memory: How to Develop, Train and Use It written by William Walker Atkinson. Published by L. N. FOWLER & COMPANY in 1919. William Walker Atkinson was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. He is also known to have been the author of the pseudonymous works attributed to Theron Q. Dumont and Yogi Ramacharaka
Memory Quirks
Memory Quirks explores the odd phenomena that challenge and upend our traditional understanding of human memory. Theory in memory research was developed to explain basic processes such as encoding and retrieval, recognition and recall, and semantic and episodic memory. However, the peculiar memory phenomena that we all occasionally experience often contradict standard theories of memory processing. Featuring research from leading international academics, Memory Quirks examines such topics as d...
Challenging Sudoku Books For Kids
by Tyson Laughlin and Strictly Fun Zone
THE SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'Vivid, unforgettable . . . a fascinating, instructive, wise and compassionate book' John Banville A leading psychiatrist shows how the mysteries of the brain are illuminated at the extremes of human experience 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. A process that shapes u...
An intimate and moving graphic memoir by cartoonist Nate Fakes, dedicated to his stepdad Ron, a larger-than-life personality who gradually becomes affected by a rare form of dementia. Editor's Picks, Honorable Mention at Publishers Weekly's US Book Show "A Fade of Light is a rare story that is both deeply heartbreaking and heartwarming. Nate Fakes is an observant writer and artist, with a good memory and an eye for small, revealing details. In his clear cartooning style, Fakes shows he and his...
