Douwe Draaisma

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Douwe Draaisma

Douwe Draaisma (* 1953 in Nijverdal, Hellendoorn municipality , Netherlands ) is Professor of Theory and History of Psychology at the Dutch University of Groningen . His main focus is on the development of scientific knowledge about the diverse manifestations and psychological backgrounds of memory and recollection. His publications on this topic have received great international acclaim.

Draaisma's books have been translated into several languages. For his work "The Metaphor Machine ", published in 1995 , he was awarded the Heymans Prize by the Dutch Institute of Psychologists . For his bestseller “Why life goes by faster when you get older”, he received three literary prizes in the Netherlands, the J. Greshoff Prize , the Eureka! Book Prize and the Jan Hanlo Essay Prize .

Works

  • The book of oblivion. Why our dreams are lost so quickly and our memories are constantly changing . From the Dutch by Verena Kiefer. Galiani, Berlin 2012. ISBN 978-3-86971-061-7 .
  • The homesick factory. How memory works in old age . Galiani, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86971-005-1 .
  • Mind astray. Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and co . From the pioneers of brain research and their cases. Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 2008. ISBN 978-3-8218-5812-8 .
  • Why life goes by faster as you get older. From the riddles of our memory . From the Dutch by Verena Kiefer. Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 2004. ISBN 3-8218-0722-9 . Paperback edition: Piper, Munich 2006. ISBN 3-492-24492-0 .
  • The metaphor machine. A story of memory . Scientific Book Society and Primus Verlag, Darmstadt 1999. ISBN 3-89678-203-7 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kerstin Kullmann: Photography is not honest. Der Spiegel , January 21, 2013, accessed on September 21, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Draaisma, Douwe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch psychologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Hellendoorn