Carved in Sand, Cathryn Jakobson Ramin
Carved in Sand, Cathryn Jakobson Ramin
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Carved in Sand
When Attention Fails and Memory Fades in Midlife

Author: Cathryn Jakobson Ramin

Narrator: Cathryn Jakobson Ramin

Unabridged: 11 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/26/2007


Synopsis

Acclaimed journalist Cathryn Jakobson Ramin takes readers on a lively journey to explain what happens to memory and attention in middle age. Anyone older than forty knows that forgetfulness can be unnerving, frustrating, and sometimes terrifying. With compassion and humor, Jakobson Ramin sets out to discover what midlife forgetfulness is all about—from the perspectives of physiology, psychology, and sociology. Relentless in her search for answers to questions about her own unreliable memory, she explores the factors that determine how well—or poorly—one's brain will age. She consults experts in the fields of sleep, stress, traumatic brain injury, hormones, genetics, and dementia, as well as specialists in nutrition, cognitive psychology, and the burgeoning field of drug-based cognitive enhancement. The landscape of the midlife brain is not what you might think, and to understand its strengths and weaknesses turns out to be the best way to cope.A groundbreaking work that represents the best of narrative nonfiction, this is a timely, highly readable, and much-needed book for anyone whose memory is not what it used to be.

About Cathryn Jakobson Ramin

Investigative journalist Cathryn Jakobson Ramin is the author of Carved in Sand: When Attention Fails and Memory Fades in Midlife, published by HarperCollins in 2007. Her new book about the back pain industry, Crooked, will be published in April 2017.  She’s written for many national magazines on topics that include healthcare, neuroscience, business, public policy,  travel, art, design and culture.  A popular speaker, these days, she’s booking lectures that enlighten patients,  health care practitioners, corporations and medical facilities about how to manage back pain. Cathryn is married to Ron Ramin, a music composer. They have two adult sons, Avery and Oliver, and a Jack Russell-Daschundt mix dog named Dasch, after the punctuation mark, which he resembles. She divides her time between Northern California and New York City. Facebook: http://bit.ly/fbcrooked . Twitter: @cjramin


Reviews

Goodreads review by Will

Cathryn Jakobson Ramin - image from The Commonwealth Club Ramin covers a wide swath of possibilities looking into why memory fails, and seeks solutions to each of the problem areas. It is very interesting reading. I felt at a loss at times in trying to follow the science. I was never much of a bio w......more

Goodreads review by Dawn

First of all, there is no THIS ANSWER WILL FIX EVERYTHING solution in this book. What the book does do, is arm you with some knowledge about the many and complex reasons your over-40 brain can't remember everything in crisp detail and wanders off in the middle of things like a four-year-old instead......more

I picked up this incredibly helpful book when I started losing my memory, to see if in fact this was a normal part of aging rather than my losing my marbles. I found that my marbles are intact, that memory glitches do come with aging, and to look at when those glitches might be the sign of something......more