Douwe Draaisma
(1953) is a special professor in the history of psychology at the University of Groningen. His graduate thesis De metaforenmachine (The Metaphor Machine) explores the metaphorical nature of the language we use to think and speak about memory. His monograph Ontregelde geesten (Disordered Spirits) deals with famous historic neurologists and psychiatrists like Parkinson, Korsakov, Alzheimer, Gilles de la Tourette and Asperger. To date, Draaisma has published four books about autobiographical memory, including the multiple prize-winning titles Waarom het leven sneller gaat als je ouder wordt (Why Life Goes Faster As You Grow Older, 2001) and Als mijn geheugen mij niet bedriegt (If Memory Serves Me Right, 2016).
Past events
In search of the soul. Part 1: Science
Midas Dekkers opens with a story about body and soul, written for Winternachten, and talks with Douwe Draaisma, professor of the history of psychology and writer Désanne van Brederode. Michaël Zeeman presents the evening. This first part is Dutch spoken.
