I wrote it for a general audience with no background in psychology. Their enthusiasm led me to develop a new course-Memory in the Movies-and, ultimately, to writing this book, both focusing on understanding memory through popular films. No longer was Memento seen as a bizarre revenge story, cleverly told in backward chronological order-now it became a vehicle for demonstrating their new understanding of memory. But my fears were quickly allayed when they responded enthusiastically to the exercise and said that they saw the film in a new light. I had no idea how these people would respond, especially because many of them had already seen the film.
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After describing different memory pathologies, I showed this movie to my students and asked them to write an essay detailing what Memento got right about memory and what it got wrong. Wondering whether popular films could enrich learning, I tried an experiment in my memory course at Wesleyan University. Contents Preface ix 1 Memory Processes and Memory Films 1 2 Movies and the Mind’s Workbench 19 3 Making Memories That Last 41 4 Recognizing the People We Know 71 5 Autobiographical Memories and Life Stories 95 6 When Troubling Memories Persist 119 7 Understanding the Reality of Amnesia 149 8 Senior Moments, Forgetfulness, and Dementia 179 Epilogue: Memory in Hollywood and Real Life 215 Notes 223 Index 255 Preface The origin of this book can be traced to the release of the film Memento in 2000. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Seamon, John G., 1943– Memory and movies : what films can teach us about memory / John Seamon. Printed and bound in the United States of America. This book was set in Stone Sans and Stone Serif by the MIT Press. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. Memory and Movies Memory and Movies What Films Can Teach Us about Memory John Seamon The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England © 2015 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved.
Table of contents : Contents Preface 1 Memory Processes and Memory Films 2 Movies and the Mind’s Workbench 3 Making Memories That Last 4 Recognizing the People We Know 5 Autobiographical Memories and Life Stories 6 When Troubling Memories Persist 7 Understanding the Reality of Amnesia 8 Senior Moments, Forgetfulness, and Dementia Epilogue: Memory in Hollywood and Real Life Notes Index Citation preview
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