Thompson / Madigan Memory

The Key to Consciousness
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-4948-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten

Reihe: Science Essentials

Memory is perhaps the most extraordinary phenomenon in the natural world. Every person's brain holds millions of bits of information in long-term storage. This vast memory store includes our extensive vocabulary and knowledge of language; the tremendous and unique variety of facts we've amassed; all the skills we've learned, from walking and talking to musical and athletic performance; many of the emotions we feel; and the continuous sensations, feelings, and understandings of the world we term consciousness. Without memory there can be no mind as we understand it.

Focusing on cutting-edge research in behavioral science and neuroscience, Memory is a primer of our current scientific understanding of the mechanics of memory and learning. Over the past two decades, memory research has accelerated and we have seen an explosion of new knowledge about the brain. For example, there now exists a wide-ranging and successful applied science devoted exclusively to the study of memory that has yielded better procedures for eliciting valid recollections in legal settings and improved the diagnosis and treatment of memory disorders.

Everyone fascinated by the scope and power of the human brain will find this book unforgettable.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thompson, Richard F.

Madigan, Stephen A.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: What Is Memory? 1

Chapter 2: Memories of the Here and Now 25

Chapter 3: The Early Development of Memory 50

Chapter 4: Ordinary Forgetting 86

Chapter 5: Amnesia 117

Chapter 6: False Memory 142

Chapter 7: Emotional Learning and Memory 162

Chapter 8: Language 197

Chapter 9: Mechanisms of Memory 228

Chapter 10: The Future of Memory 251

Suggested Readings 259

Notes 261

Index 267

Über Autor(innen)

Richard F. Thompson is the William M. Keck Chair in Biological Sciences and professor of psychology and biological sciences at the University of Southern California. Stephen A. Madigan is associate professor of psychology at the University of Southern California.