Partial Recall

In today’s edition of the New York Times,Kyla Dunn reviews Sue Halpern’s book ” Good News From the Front Lines of Memory Research “ 

 In her book Halpern looks at what the experts really know, what the bench scientists are working on, how close science is to a cure, to treatment, to accurate early diagnosis, and, whether the crossword puzzles, sudokus, and ballroom dancing we’ve been told to take up can really keep us lucid or if they’re just something to do before the inevitable overtakes us. Ms. Dunn, a freelance science, journalist  despite finding the book itself is “a valuable snapshot in time”, finds it lacking, 

 In the current glut of books about memory, sad to say, this one is likely to be forgotten.