Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older

Download or read book Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older written by Douwe Draaisma and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entertaining and educational, Douwe Draaisma's Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older raises almost as many questions as it answers. Draaisma applies a blend of scholarship, poetic sensibility and keen observation in exploring the nature of autobiographical memory, covering subjects such as déj...-vu, near death experiences and the effect of severe trauma on memory recall, as well as human perceptions of time at different stages in life. A highly accessible and personal read, this book will not fail to touch or provoke thought in its readers.