Why Life Passes Faster As You Get Older

Is memory arbitrary about the memories it keeps, "like a dog that sits wherever it wants"? How come we can remember our oldest memories as clearly as if they happened yesterday, while we cannot remember our recent memories properly? Why does our life pass before our eyes "like a film strip" at the moment of death? What is the impact of memory on our perception of time? While a period of time like a month seems extremely long to us when we are children, how come when we get older, months and years pass by without us even realizing it?

Douwe Draaisma, whose book Metaphors of Memory we have previously published, seeks answers to many interesting questions about the way we perceive the world and ourselves in this provocative book in which he examines the functioning of autobiographical memory. In this work, written with the meticulousness of an academic and the sensitivity of a poet, extraordinary phenomena such as déjà vu, what happens at the moment of death, the mental structure of "stupid geniuses" and the effect of severe traumas on memory are examined. Why Life Passes Easier As You Get Older is read like a work of literature with its fluent narration, and will appeal to the reader. A successful study that appeals to both scientific and individual levels.



Number of Pages: 312

Year of Printing: 2012


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Metis Publishing

First Printing Year: 2008

Number of Printings: 3rd Edition

Number of Pages: 312

Language Turkish