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Can't remember what I forgot
the good news from the front lines of memory research
By Halpern, Sue
- ISBN
- 978-0-30740-674-3
- Publisher
- New York : Harmony Books, c2008.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on May 15, 2008
Halpern's three-year inquiry into research on memory, aging, and Alzheimer's disease is an investigation of modern brain science rendered in creative nonfiction. Halpern gets to know a prominent neuroscientist, subjects herself to multiple tests (from paper-and-pencil tests to nuclear brain imaging), visits businesses involved in the quixotic race for memory-fixing drugs, and attends the Memory Olympics. She explains in plain English what sci...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
