Research on the biological mechanisms of learning and memory is undergoing a dramatic revolution as molecular and cellular biology, electrophysiology, neuroethology and neuropsychology increase understanding of the processes that occur in nerve cells, neuronal circuits and brain systems. Bridging all levels of neurobiological analysis, this study of learning and memory describes and explains the concepts, methods, findings and conclusions of modern learning research. The text begins with a treatment of simple nervous systems and molecular mechanisms, and then proceeds to more complex learning in the vertebrate brain. It discusses imprinting and bird song and the relationship between learning and development. The book concludes with the functional organization of highly complex memory systems in the human brain, and their disintegration in amnesia.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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illustrations, further reading list, bibliography, index
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Höhe: 246 mm
Breite: 189 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-19-854261-2 (9780198542612)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Part 1 The conceptual and experimental framework: some basic notions and their ontogenesis; paradigms and research tools; biological universals. Part 2 Windows to molecular and cellular mechanisms: cellular mnemonic devices detected in relatively simple nervous systems - the case of aplysia; - the case of hermissenda; a cellular mnemonic device in the mammalian brain - long-term potentiation; a different approach - neurogenetics; on the life span of molecules and memories. Part 3 Windows to the architecture of memory systems: on the complexity of internal representations; in search of the topography of engrams; fragments of engrams and of memory systems in the vertebrate brain; the establishment of innately predisposed representations in sensitive periods - imprinting; the establishment of innately predisposed representation in sensitive periods - bird song; the generation of complex internal representations by sensory impressions and their use - lessons from monkeys and vision; - amnesias, further clues to our own memories.
