Searching for memory : the brain, the mind, and the past / Daniel L. Schacter.

[New York, N.Y.] : BasicBooks, [1996], ©1996.

xiii, 398 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

1st ed.

Introduction : memory's fragile power -- On remembering : "a telescope pointed at time" -- Building memories : encoding and retrieving the present and the past -- Of time and autobiography -- Reflections in a curved mirror : memory distortion -- Vanishing traces : amnesia and the brain -- The hidden world of implicit memory -- Emotional memories : when the past persists -- Islands in the fog : psychogenic amnesia -- The memory wars : seeking truth in the line of fire -- Stories of elders.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 350-385) and index