Uttl / Ohta / Siegenthaler Memory and Emotion

Interdisciplinary Perspectives
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-75557-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: New Perspectives in Cognitive Psychology

Memory and Emotion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives is a collection of original articles that explores cutting-edge research in memory and emotion, discussing findings, methodological techniques, and theoretical advances in one of the fastest-growing areas in psychology.
* contains contributions by leading researchers the field
* emphasizes cognitive neuroscience, psychopathology, and aging in covering contemporary advances in research on memory and emotion
* covers many of the current hot topics in the field including: dissociative amnesia and post-traumatic stress disorder; false, recovered and traumatic memories; flashbulb memories; the use of emotional memories in therapy; and the influence of emotion on autobiographical memory.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Uttl, Bob

Ohta, Nobuo

Siegenthaler, Amy

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
List of Contributors.
Part I. Introduction:.
1. Memory and Emotion from Interdisciplinary Perspectives: BobUttl (Tamagawa University), Amy L. Siegenthaler (Tokyo Universityof Social Welfare), and Nobuo Ohta (Tokyo University of SocialWelfare).
Part II: Memory, Emotion, and Cognition:.
2. Memory for Emotional Episodes: The Strengths and Limits ofArousal-Based Accounts: Daniel Reisberg (Reed College).
3. Emotional Valence, Discrete Emotions, and Memory: Linda J.Levine (University of California, Irvine) and David A. Pizarro(Cornell University).
4. Remembering emotional events: The relevance of memory forassociated emotions: Sven Å Christianson (StockholmUniversity) and Elisabeth Engelberg (Stockholm School ofEconomics).
5. Are We Frightened Because We Run Away? Some Evidence fromMetacognitive Feelings: Asher Koriat (University of Haifa).
Part III. Memory, Emotion, Aging, and the Brain:.
6. The Memory-Enhancing Effect of Emotion: FunctionalNeuroimaging Evidence: Florin Dolcos (Duke University), Kevin S.LaBar (Duke University), and Roberto Cabeza (Duke University).
7. Why Memories May Become More Positive as People Age: MaraMather (University of California, Santa Cruz).
8. Age-Related Changes in the Encoding and Retrieval andEmotional and Non-Emotional Information: Bob Uttl (TamagawaUniversity) and Peter Graf (University of British Columbia).
Part IV. Memory, Emotion, and Psychopathology:.
9. Anxiety and the Encoding of Emotional Information: AndrewMathews (University of London).
10. Memory, Emotion and Psychotherapy: Maximizing the PositiveFunctions of Self-Defining Memories: Jefferson A. Singer(Connecticut College).
11. Trauma and Memory: Normal versus Special Memory Mechanisms:Gail S. Goodman (University of California, Davis) and Pedro M.Paz-Alonso (University of the Basque Country).
12. Trauma and Memory Revisited: John F. Kihlstrom (Universityof California, Berkeley).
Name Index.
Subject Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Bob Uttl is Center of Excellence Professor of Psychology atTamagawa University, Japan.
Nobuo Ohta is Professor of Psychology at the TokyoUniversity of Social Welfare, Japan.
Amy L. Siegenthaler is a Japan Society for Promotion ofScience Post-Doctoral Fellow at Tokyo University of SocialWelfare.