Memory and Brain

Written by a leading neuropsychologist, this book brings together the widely scattered psychological and neurobiological work on memory to create a definitive overview of current knowledge. Reflecting the many levels of analysis at which this work is taking place, the book proceeds from thesynapse to a review of the function and structure of neural systems and the organization of cognition. Throughout, the author places current research in historical perspective, and identifies major ideas and themes that have emerged in recent years in order to provide a solid foundation for futureinvestigations. The book is amply illustrated and contains a useful glossary. It will be of use in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on memory, and to psychologists and neuroscientists desiring an account of memory that is informed equally by cognitive and neurobiological insights.Review"The last twenty years have seen very substantial advances in the investigation of how memory is represented in the brain.... Squire's account of this work is up-to-date, lucid and comprehensive, with fine sections on the modulation of memory by hormones and neurotransmitter substances, and on the identification of brain structures crucial to... learning and long-term memory in the midline diencephalon and medial temporal region." ―Nature"This is an important book...It introduces the novice to the literature on memory mechanisms as understood by scientists of the brain, from the synapse to amnesia. It describes each issue along the way from a historical perspective... This book is a painless way to learn about one of the most fascinating problems in neurobiology: how the brain encodes and retrieves memories." ―The New England Journal of Medicine
Written by a leading neuropsychologist, this book brings together the widely scattered psychological and neurobiological work on memory to create a definitive overview of current knowledge. Reflecting the many levels of analysis at which this work is taking place, the book proceeds from the synapse to a review of the function and structure of neural systems and the organization of cognition. Throughout, the author places current research in historical perspective, and identifies major ideas and themes that have emerged in recent years in order to provide a solid foundation for future investigations. The book is amply illustrated and contains a useful glossary. It will be of use in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on memory, and to psychologists and neuroscientists desiring an account of memory that is informed equally by cognitive and neurobiological insights.

This book brings together widley scattered psychological and neurobiological research on memory to create a definitive overview of current knowledge.

Annotation Written by a leading neuropsychologist, this book brings together the widely scattered psychological and neurobiological work on memory to create a definitive overview of current knowledge. Reflecting the many levels of analysis at which this work is taking place, the book proceeds from thesynapse to a review of the function and structure of neural systems and the organization of cognition. Throughout, the author places current research in historical perspective, and identifies major ideas and themes that have emerged in recent years in order to provide a solid foundation for futureinvestigations. The book is amply illustrated and contains a useful glossary. It will be of use in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on memory, and to psychologists and neuroscientists desiring an account of memory that is informed equally by cognitive and neurobiologicalinsights Definitions: From Synapes To Behavior -- Memory As Synaptic Change -- Memory And The Developing Nervous System -- Modulation Of Memory -- Localized And Distributed Memory Storage -- Penfield Studies -- Searching For Engrams: Simple Learning -- Searching For Engrams: Complex Learning -- Memory Is Determined By Information Processing -- Short-term And Long-term Memory Processes -- Divisions Of Long-term Memory -- Neural System With Memory Functions -- Amnesia And The Functional Organization Of Memory -- Prefrontal Cortex -- Memory And Brain: A Beginning. Larry R. Squire. Includes Indexes. Bibliography: P. 257-294. Drawing on work in psychology and neuroscience, this provides an account of how memory is organized in the brain.