03238cam a2200301 4500 595985222 TxAuBib 20220529120000.0 ||||||s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780593399682 0593399684 c9c0f0b3-c23d-4576-892f-95e595107e65 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 5715819 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Small, Scott A. Forgetting [OverDrive] : The Benefits of Not Remembering. Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group, 2021. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 160MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 160MB. Psychology. Science. Nonfiction. HTML:“Fascinating and useful . . . The distinguished memory researcher Scott A. Small explains why forgetfulness is not only normal but also beneficial.”—Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs Who wouldn’t want a better memory? Dr. Scott Small has dedicated his career to understanding why memory forsakes us. As director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Columbia University, he focuses largely on patients who experience pathological forgetting, and it is in contrast to their suffering that normal forgetting, which we experience every day, appears in sharp relief.   Until recently, most everyone—memory scientists included—believed that forgetting served no purpose. But new research in psychology, neurobiology, medicine, and computer science tells a different story. Forgetting is not a failure of our minds. It’s not even a benign glitch. It is, in fact, good for us—and, alongside memory, it is a required function for our minds to work best.   Forgetting benefits our cognitive and creative abilities, emotional well-being, and even our personal and societal health. As frustrating as a typical lapse can be, it’s precisely what opens up our minds to making better decisions, experiencing joy and relationships, and flourishing artistically.   From studies of bonobos in the wild to visits with the iconic painter Jasper Johns and the renowned decision-making expert Daniel Kahneman, Small looks across disciplines to put new scientific findings into illuminating context while also revealing groundbreaking developments about Alzheimer’s disease. The next time you forget where you left your keys, remember that a little forgetting does a lot of good. *Includes a downloadable PDF of images from the book Cover art: © 2021 The Easton Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-28 20:00:02. Pabon, Timothy Andrés. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c9c0f0b3-c23d-4576-892f-95e595107e65&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c9c0f0b3-c23d-4576-892f-95e595107e65&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)