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Zusatztext [A] comprehensive! data-rich treatment... The strength! and the usefulness! of the book lie in the enormous amount of data that is presented... This volume is a welcome summary of what has been accomplished to date and a compelling account of how the function of the hippocampus and related structures can be understood in terms of spatial and non-spatial relational memory. Klappentext This cutting-edge book offers a theoretical account of the evolution of multiple memory systems of the brain. The authors conceptualize these memory systems from both behavioral and neurobiological perspectives, guided by three related principles. First, that our understanding of a wide range of memory phenomena can be advanced by breaking down memory into multiple forms with different operating characteristics. Second, that different forms of memory representation are supported by distinct brain pathways with circuitry and neural coding properties. Third, that the contributions of different brain systems can be compared and contrasted by distinguishing between dedicated (or specific) and elaborate (or general) memory systems. A primary goal of this work is to relate the neurobiological properties of dedicated and elaborate systems to their neuropsychological counterparts, and in so doing, account for the phenomenology of memory, from conditioning to conscious recollection. Zusammenfassung Eichenbaum and Cohen provide a synopsis of what is known about memory and brain. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: How is memory organized in the brain 2: Multiple memory systems: a historical perspective Part I: Fundamentals 3: Cellular plasticity mechanisms 4: The cerebral cortex and memory Part II: The brain system that mediates declarative memory 5: Hippocampal function in humans: insights from amnesia and functional brain imaging 6: Animal models of amnesia: the non-human primate 7: Animal models of amnesia: non-primates 8: The repression of experience in hippocampal neuronal activity 9: The hippocampal memory system 10: Memory consolidation Part III: Specialized memory systems of the brain 11: Dissociating multiple memory systems in the brain 12: Emotional memory and memory modulation 13: Habits, skills, and procedural memory 14: Working memory and the prefrontal cortex 15: Multiple memory systems in the brain: where do we stand? ...
