Howard Eichenbaum

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory (eBook, PDF)

An Introduction

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This textbook provides an overview of research on the biological basis of memory. The book will be of use to cognitive scientists, biologists, and psychologists, and to undergraduate students seeking an expanded coverage of the neurobiology of memory for courses in learning and memory or behavioral and cognitive neuroscience.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199778669
• Artikelnr.: 38138204

Autorenporträt

Howard Eichenbaum is Director of the Center for Memory and Brain, the Cognitive Neurobiology Laboratory, and the Center for Neuroscience at Boston University

Inhaltsangabe

* 1. Introduction: Four themes in research on the neurobiology of
memory
* Section I. Connection - The cellular and molecular bases of memory
* 2. Neurons and simple memory circuits
* 3. Cellular mechanisms of memory: Complex circuits
* Section II. Cognition - Is there a "cognitive" basis for memory?
* 4. Amnesia - learning about memory from memory loss
* 5. Exploring declarative memory in animal models
* 6. Windows into the workings of memory
* Section III. Compartmentalization - Cortical modules and multiple
memory systems
* 7. The cerebral cortex and memory
* 8. Multiple memory systems in the brain
* 9. A brain system for declarative memory
* 10. A brain system for procedural memory
* 11. A brain system for emotional memory
* Section IV. Consolidation - The fixation and organization of memories
* 12. Two distinct stages of memory consolidation
* 13. Working with memory
* Final Thoughts
* Glossary
* Citations in figures