Can't Remember What I Forgot: The Good News from the Front Lines of Memory Research

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by: Sue Halpern

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.8523
EAN: 9780307406743
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0307406741
Label: Harmony
Manufacturer: Harmony
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: May 06, 2008
Publisher: Harmony
Release Date: May 06, 2008
Studio: Harmony

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Editorial Review:

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.




Rating: - Bulletin from the war front
Because her father suffered some kind of not-clearly-diagnosed dementia near the end of his life, Sue Halpern was concerned that she might have inherited a predisposition to Alzheimer's disease. So she went to talk to neuroscientists. And took memory tests. And watched other people taking memory tests. And talked to nutritionists, and lots of other people in, around, and related to the "memory loss" field, including some who were making good money promoting various "how to" classes. The result ... Read More

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Rating: - not practically helpful
I hoped this book would be practically helpful for a family member with pretty severe short-term memory problems. It was actually a sort of "travel book" - a tour of scientists who are studying memory problems generally.


This is unfortunate since I had hoped this book would be practically helpful for a family member with pretty severe short-term memory problems. It contained very few useful tips, most of which are already widely publicized, such as drinking red wine (apparently it's ... Read More

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Rating: - Interesting but too light
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.

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Rating: - Can't remember what I forgot...
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.

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Rating: - Hard to understand
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.

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