Jonathan K. Foster

Memory (eBook, ePUB)

A Very Short Introduction

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Why do we remember events from our childhood as if they happened yesterday, but not what we did last week? Why does our memory seem to work well sometimes and not others? What happens when it goes wrong? Can memory be improved or manipulated, by psychological techniques or even 'brain implants'? How does memory grow and change as we age? And what of so-called 'recovered' memories? This book brings together the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, and weaves in case-studies, anecdotes, and even literature and philosophy, to address these and many other important questions about the science of memory - how it works, and why we can't live without it. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780191578168
• Artikelnr.: 38128216

Autorenporträt

Dr Jonathan Foster is a Clinical Professor affiliated with Curtin University, the University of Western Australia and the Telethon Institute. He works part-time in the Neurosciences Unit, Health Department of WA and in Private Practice. He has over 25 years' experience working in the field of memory and memory disorders, with over 100 peer-reviewed publications.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface
* 1: J.K. Foster and M. Jelicic: Memory chapers, procedures, and
processes
* 2: E. Tulving: Study of memory: processes and systems
* 3: H.L. Roediger, R. Buckner, K.B. McDermott: Components of
processing
* 4: R.M. McDonald, A-M. Ergis, and G. Winocur: Functional dissociation
of brain regions in learning and memory: evidence for multiple
systems
* 5: T.A. Blaxton: Combining disruption and activation techniques to
map conceptual and perceptual memory processes in the human brain
* 6: A.R. Mayes: How does the brain mediate our ability to remember?
* 7: M.S. Weldon: The memory chop shop: issues in the search for memory
systems
* 8: J.D.E. Gabrieli: The architecture of human memory
* 9: J.P. Toth and R.R. Hunt: Not one versus many, but zero versus any:
structure and function in the context of the multiple memory systems
debate
* 10: A.J. Parkin: Component processes versus systems: Is there really
an important difference?