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Can't Remember What I Forgot: The Good News from the Front Lines of Memory Research | 
 enlarge | Author: Sue Halpern
Publisher: Harmony
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 19498
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0307406741
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.8523
EAN: 9780307406743
ASIN: 0307406741
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
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Product Description
An essential behind-the-scenes foray into the world of cutting-edge memory research that unveils findings about memory loss only now available to general readers.
When Sue Halpern decided to emulate the first modern scientist of memory, Hermann Ebbinghaus, who experimented on himself, she had no idea that after a day of radioactive testing, her brain would become so “hot” that leaving through the front door of the lab would trigger the alarm. This was not the first time while researching Can’t Remember What I Forgot, part of which appeared in The New Yorker, that Halpern had her head examined, nor would it be the last.
Halpern spent years in the company of the neuroscientists, pharmacologists, psychologists, nutritionists, and inventors who are hunting for the genes and molecules, the drugs and foods, the machines, the prosthetics, the behaviors and therapies that will stave off Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia and keep our minds–and memories–intact. Like many of us who have had a relative or friend succumb to memory loss, who are getting older, who are hearing statistics about our own chances of falling victim to dementia, who worry that each lapse of memory portends disease, Halpern wanted to find out what the experts really knew, what the bench scientists were working on, how close science is to a cure, to treatment, to accurate early diagnosis, and, of course, whether the crossword puzzles, sudokus, and ballroom dancing we’ve been told to take up can really keep us lucid or if they’re just something to do before the inevitable overtakes us.
Beautifully written, sharply observed, and deeply informed, Can’t Remember What I Forgot is a book full of vital information–and a solid dose of hope.
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 Interesting but too light September 11, 2008
Theis book is about an area of importance to me. It lightly touches some very interesting concepts and ideas, but all too briefly. I was left wanting to know more . Sue needs to put more info in and leave more of the pondering and self-talk out.
 Can't remember what I forgot... August 15, 2008
Gosh, I did forget what I forgot, I forgot the title of the book. All kidding aside, it's a book for everyone. It is not just for people who have a loved one with Alzheimers. We don't know who will or will not get this horrible disease.
 Hard to understand August 4, 2008
Can't Remember What I Forgot: The Good News from the Front Lines of Memory Research I am not too pleased with this book because it is so technical. I thought it would be written for the average person, not a professional. I'm still reading it, but it doesn't seem to get any better.
The Brain and investigations in its functioning August 1, 2008
The book, Can't Remember What I Forgot, adds to an increasing body of literature on what is being discovered about the brain, its complexity and it's relatively recently recognized plasticity. Sue Halpern has taken it upon herself to investigate some of the recent findings on many of the newer modalities for ensuring retention of what has been learned of cortical functioning. Ms. Halpern embarked on the study as much to report on advances in brain studies as to reduce her own personal anxieties. Nicely written and an interesting read, as a result it is quite engaging for a subject so difficult to comprehend and learn about. This is recommended reading for those with an interest in the brain and its many functions.
A Compelling Brain Safari May 29, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Sue Halpern takes the reader on a fascinating and provocative safari through the wilds of the human brain in this new book. Conventional wisdom should run and hide from Halpern's penetrative gaze: forget what you thought you knew about how memory functions, this book's tour of the frontlines of memory research tosses out old theories about how to stay sharp into old age and offers quality (and scientific) advice on how to keep your melon from meandering. So put down the crossword puzzle, read this book, and then call up an old flame and take him or her out ballroom dancing - you'll see what I mean when you finish Halpern's masterpiece. Bravo!
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