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Memory – and the stuff of dreams

30 January 2021

9:00 AM

30 January 2021

9:00 AM

The Rag and Bone Shop: How We Make Memories and How Memories Make Us Veronica O’Keane

Allen Lane, pp.288, 20

Can you remember when you heard about 9/11? Chances are you’ll be flooded instantly with memories — not only where you were, but what you were doing, who you were with, what you could smell and see at the time as well as how you felt.

How does that happen? In the first half of this fascinating book, Dr Veronica O’Keane explains the neurological pathways and processes involved in memory.

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