{"product_id":"pieces-of-light","title":"Pieces of Light","description":"Shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize 2013 and the 2013 Best Book of Ideas Prize.  Memory is an essential part of who we are. But what are  memories, and how are they created? A new consensus is emerging among  cognitive scientists: rather than possessing a particular memory from  our past, like a snapshot, we construct it anew each time we are called  upon to remember. Remembering is an act of narrative as much as it is  the product of a neurological process. Pieces of Light  illuminates this theory through a collection of human stories, each  illustrating a facet of memory's complex synergy of cognitive and  neurological functions.  Drawing on case studies, personal  experience and the latest research, Charles Fernyhough delves into the  memories of the very young and very old, and explores how amnesia and  trauma can affect how we view the past. Exquisitely written and  meticulously researched, Pieces of Light blends science and literature, the ordinary and the extraordinary, to illuminate the way we remember and forget.","brand":"Profile Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40696362991701,"sku":"9781846684494N","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/files\/280f4b55-9958-4128-8870-4fe77ef0c932.jpg?v=1695828253","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/pieces-of-light","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}