“A Nature Best Book of the Year””[Greene and Murphy] skillfully unpack how the human mind achieves [the] miraculous balancing act of remembering and forgetting… . The authors remind us to accept our limitations and be humble about our capacities but celebrate all that our memory allows us to do. That is a message well worth remembering, long after the details of this absorbing book fade.”—Julian Baggini, Wall Street Journal“Beautifully articulated… . [Memory Lane] covers a lot of ground, from how we form memories to how delicate those memories really are.”—Laura Sanders, Science News”[Greene and Murphy] make a persuasive argument that forgetting has its benefits, even as the fascinating case studies show the many downsides of memory’s fallibility. Pop science readers will want to check out this splendid study.” * Publishers Weekly *“

An informative and accessible primer on how memory affects behavior.

”—Glenn C. Altschuler, Ph.D., Psychology Today“Memory Lane is a book that forces us to question everything we think we know-not just about history or crime, but about ourselves. It is a masterful, unsettling, and utterly necessary exploration of one of the most fundamental aspects of human cognition. And if, by the end, you find yourself doubting the accuracy of your own memories-well, that is precisely the point.” * Sri Lankan Guardian *”[A] universally appealing book.”—Andrew Robinson, Nature“There is no shortage of books on memory, from self-help guides for the anxiously ageing to scholarly works of history. Memory Lane is distinctive for taking the standpoint of applied cognitive psychology. Emphasising how memory functions in everyday life, Greene and Murphy explore the processes of memory and the influences that shape them… . Memory Lane offers an informative and readable account of how the apparent weaknesses of human memory may be strengths in disguise.”—Nick Haslam, The Conversation“A valuable and up-to-date overview of the strengths and weaknesses of human memory.”—Christoper French, Fortean Times

Ciara Greene is associate professor in the School of Psychology at University College Dublin, where she leads the Attention and Memory Laboratory.

Gillian Murphy is associate professor in the School of Applied Psychology at University College Cork and a funded investigator at Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software.