Why life speeds up as you get older : how memory shapes our past / Douwe Draaisma ; translated by Arnold and Erica Pomerans.

Waarom het leven sneller gaat als je alder wordt. English

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

ix, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

'Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases' -- Flashes in the dark: first memories -- Smell and memory -- Yesterday's record -- The inner flashbulb -- 'Why do we remember forwards and not backwards?' -- The absolute memories of Funes and Sherashevsky -- The advantages of a defect: the savant syndrome -- The memory of a grandmaster: a conversation with Ton Sijbrands --Trauma and memory: the Demjanjuk case -- Richard and Anna Wagner: forty-five years of married life -- 'In oval mirrors we drive around': on experiencing a sense of de;jà vu -- Reminiscences -- Why life speeds up as you get older -- Forgetting -- 'I saw my life flash before my eyes like a film' -- From memory - Portrait with Still Life.

Includes bibliographical references and index.