
Memory
The Key to Consciousness
Princeton University Press
Published on 2. September 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-691-13311-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Everyone fascinated by the scope and power of the human brain will find this book unforgettable.
Reviews / Votes
"[A] useful and cheerfully accessible account of current ideas on the phenomenology of, and neurophysiological processes associated with, memory formation."--Steven Rose, Times Higher Education Supplement "[An] entertaining review of the current science of memory."--Anne Harding, Lancet "The success of their book is due to their articulate descriptions, memorable anecdotes, intriguing case studies, provocative 'self experiments,' clever illustrations, and (most important) rigorous judgment... Ranging from drug addiction to autism, from dreaming to brain physiology, this book lives up to its title. Essential."--ChoiceMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
20 halftones. 30 line illus.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
474 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-13311-9 (9780691133119)
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E-Book
10/2013
1st Edition
Princeton University Press
€43.99
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Persons
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.
Content
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