COMMITTED TO MEMORY
Book ID/图书代码： 12844013B60731
English Summary/英文概要： Fascinating science blends with engaging prose in this highly entertaining exploration of how memory works-- and how to make it work better.In this extraordinary book, scientist Rebecca Rupp explains how and why memory works the way it does. What are the chemical processes that occur in the brain when we remember--and how do they account for the "absentminded" or "steel trap" qualities in an individual? Rupp also tackles topics that have been the subject of intense public debate. She examines the concepts of repressed and fantasized memories, such as ones of alien
abduction: are they the result of horrifying experiences that have been shunted off into the depths of the unconscious? Or are they fantastic constructs of the human mind?
Memory decays with awful rapidity, and a vital aspect of the study of memory is its loss. Why does memory change as we grow older? How can we improve our ability to remember, and how can we keep forgetfulness at bay? Committed to Memory features useful memory-improving techniques and tricks to remember essential information. Learn to defeat that common bugbear of memory, the forgetting of proper names; pick up a quick trick for remembering telephone numbers; and find out how to enrich your mind (and impress your friends and colleagues) by memorizing lengthy poems. Tips like these lend a practical edge to this illuminating voyage through a largely uncharted realm.
HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED . . .
¸Why you can remember your first date but not what you had for lunch last Tuesday?
¸What slugs, bugs, and squirrels have to tell us about human memory?
¸Why we can’t remember people’s names?
¸How the smell of pine trees or buttered popcorn can help you remember?
¸Why dieting may make you forget?
¸Why practice makes perfect?
¸How a spell of the moody blues can affect your memory?
¸Why dreaming may help us to remember?
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这本书将迷人的科学和散文结合起来，富有趣味的探索了记忆是如何发生的，以及如何提高记忆力。
在这本非凡的书里，科学家 Rebecca Rupp解释了记忆如何工作，为什么会这样工作。当我们记忆的时候头脑里发生的化学过程是哪样的，它将如何解释个体心不在焉或者记忆超群的情况。Rupp也参与了激烈的公众讨论过的话题。她检验了压抑的记忆以及幻想记忆的概念，比如外星人绑架，这是因为恐怖的经历进入了无意识中么？还是因为人类的大脑有奇怪的构造？
记忆会快速衰退，关于记忆研究的一个重要层面就是它的退化。为什么记忆会随着年龄增长变化呢？我们如何能提高我们的记忆能力，我们如何才能阻止健忘？《致力于提高记忆力》这本书提供了有用的提高记忆力的技巧和记住重要信息的诀窍。学习如何战胜日常生活中记忆的烦恼：忘了正确的姓名，学习记电话号码的窍门，通过记长诗找到如何丰富记忆（给朋友和同事留下深刻印象），这样的技巧是进入一个未知的领域的指路灯。
你是否曾经想过
为什么你可以记得你的第一次约会却不能记得上星期四午餐吃了什么？鼻涕虫，虫子，松鼠们能告诉我们关于人类的记忆什么？ 为什么我们不能记得人们的名字？ 为什么松树和黄油爆米花的气味能帮助我们记忆？为什么节食会导致健忘？为什么熟能生巧？为什么感觉沮丧会影响我们的记忆？为什么做梦能帮助我们记忆？(LNL)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Rebecca Rupp为很多国家杂志写过非小说类文学作品，题材包括牛仔裤的历史到冰淇淋的科学。她也是《孤岛上的龙，水石层》的作者，也是一些非小说类文学作品包括儿童读物和成人读物的作者，在《龙的归来》里她写道：我希望你们能享受Fafnyr的洞穴的归来， 重新了解 Mehitabel婶，就像我那样深深爱着他们三个--领头龙，我也喜欢Mehitabel婶，我希望我到85岁时能像她一样。Rebecca Rupp和丈夫，三个儿子，三只猫和一只叫Immanuel Kant的狼蛛生活在佛蒙特州Rebecca Rupp has written nonfiction articles for many national magazines on topics ranging from the history of blue jeans to the science of ice cream. She is also the author of THE DRAGON OF LONELY ISLAND, THE WATERSTONE, and several nonfiction books, both for children and adults. Of THE RETURN OF THE DRAGON, she says, ’I hope all of you enjoy the return of Fafnyr’s cave - and hearing from Aunt Mehitabel again - as much as I have. Much as I love the three-headed dragon, I also love Aunt Mehitabel. I plan to be just like her when I turn eighty-five.’ Rebecca Rupp lives in Vermont with her husband, three sons, three cats, and a tarantula named Immanuel Kant.
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