BIOLOGY OF MEMORY. ED. BY KARL H. PRIBRAM, DONALD E. BROADBENT. 2. PR. NEW YORK; LONDON: ACADEMIC PRESS 1973. X, 323 S

Biology of Memory investigates the biological basis of memory and covers topics ranging from short- and long-term post-perceptual memory to memory storage processes, memory microstructures, chemical transfer, and neuronal plasticity. The activity of neuronal networks in the thalamus of the monkey is also examined, along with integrative functions of the thalamocortical visual system of the cat. Comprised of 20 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the mechanisms that inhibit or interfere with short- and long-term memory, followed by a discussion on different retrieval mechanisms for short- and long-term memory. The reader is then introduced to the role of short- and long-term memory in the formation, retention, and utilization of associations, together with the link between memory and the medial temporal regions of the brain. Subsequent chapters focus on anatomical and chemical changes in the brain during primary learning; cellular models of learning and cellular mechanisms of plasticity in Aplysia; trace phenomena in single neurons of hippocampus and mammiliary bodies; and plasticity in single units in the mammalian brain. The book concludes with a description of Occam (Omnium-Gatherum Core Content Addressable Memory), a computer program for a content addressable memory in the central nervous system. This monograph will be useful to biologists, behavioral psychologists, neuropsychologists, neurophysiologists, biophysicists, and biochemists as well as computer scientists and mathematicians. Content: CONTRIBUTORS , Page ii Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS , Pages vii-viii PREFACE , Pages ix-x , KARL H. PRIBRAM, DONALD E. BROADBENT SHORT- AND LONG-TERM POSTPERCEPTUAL MEMORY: DICHOTOMY OR CONTINUUM? , Pages 3-5 , ARTHUR W. MELTON SHORT- AND LONG-TERM MEMORY: DIFFERENT RETRIEVAL MECHANISMS , Pages 7-9 , ENDEL TULVING SHORT- AND LONG-TERM MEMORY FOR ASSOCIATIONS , Pages 11-13 , BENNET B. MURDOCK JR. RECENT ANALYSES OF SHORT-TERM MEMORY , Pages 15-19 , DONALD E. BROADBENT COMPARATIVE INVESTIGATION OF THE SHORT- AND LONG-TERM MEMORY SPAN , Pages 21-28 , P.B. NEVELSKY MEMORY AND THE MEDIAL TEMPORAL REGIONS OF THE BRAIN , Pages 29-50 , BRENDA MILNER MEMORY STORAGE PROCESSES , Pages 51-61 , JAMES L. McGAUGH PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MEMORY IN SHORT-TERM RETENTION , Pages 63-66 , NANCY C. WAUGH EVIDENCE FOR ANATOMICAL AND CHEMICAL CHANGES IN THE BRAIN DURING PRIMARY LEARNING , Pages 69-85 , MARK R. ROSENZWEIG NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF ALTERED SENSORY INPUTS , Pages 87-99 , A.H. RIESEN THE QUESTION OF A MOLECULAR BASIS FOR THE MEMORY TRACE , Pages 101-119 , HOLGER HYDÉN CHEMICAL TRANSFER OF TRAINING: THREE YEARS LATER , Pages 123-128 , ALLAN L. JACOBSON, JAY M. SCHLECTER ATTEMPTS TO TRANSFER APPROACH AND AVOIDANCE RESPONSES BY RNA INJECTIONS IN RATS , Pages 129-159 , JAMES V. McCONNELL, TSUYOSHI SHIGEHISA, HAROLD SALIVE CELLULAR MODELS OF LEARNING AND CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF PLASTICITY IN APLYSIA , Pages 163-174 , I. KUPFERMANN, H. PINSKER THE AFTEREFFECTS DUE TO AN INTRACELLULAR ELECTRIC STIMULATION OF THE GIANT NEURON “A” IN THE LEFT PARIETAL GANGLION OF THE MOLLUSK LIMNAEA STAGNALIS , Pages 175-190 , E.N. SOKOLOV, A. PAKULA, G.G. ARAKELOV TRACE PHENOMENA IN SINGLE NEURONS OF HIPPOCAMPUS AND MAMMILIARY BODIES , Pages 191-221 , O.S. VINOGRADOVA, T.P. SEMYONOVA, V.Ph. KONOVALOV INVESTIGATIONS OF PLASTICITY IN SINGLE UNITS IN THE MAMMALIAN BRAIN , Pages 223-235 , L. GERBRANDT, J. BUREŠ, O. BUREŠOVÁ THE ACTIVITY OF NEURONAL NETWORKS IN THE THALAMUS OF THE MONKEY , Pages 239-271 , M. VERZEANO, M. LAUFER, PHYLLIS SPEAR, SHARON McDONALD INTEGRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE THALAMOCORTICAL VISUAL SYSTEM OF CAT , Pages 273-292 , KAO LIANG CHOW OCCAM: A COMPUTER MODEL FOR A CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM , Pages 293-306 , D.N. SPINELLI AUTHOR INDEX , Pages 307-312 SUBJECT INDEX , Pages 313-323