Memory and Movies: What Films Can Teach Us about Memory

by John G. Seamon

How popular films from Memento to Slumdog Millionaire can help us understand how memory works.

In the movie Slumdog Millionaire, the childhood memories of a young game show contestant trigger his correct answers. In Memento, the amnesiac hero uses tattoos as memory aids. In Away from Her, an older woman suffering from dementia no longer remembers who her husband is. These are compelling films that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262029715
• ISBN13: 9780262029711
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher