Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory - Second Edition

"Updated second edition of this comprehensive overview of the cognitive neuroscience of memory. Covers cognitive neuroscience techniques, the human brain mechanisms underlying long-term memory success, longterm memory failure, implicit memory, working memory, memory and disease, and memory in animals, with an expanded section on group differences"--

List of contents

Preface; 1. Types of memory and brain regions of interest; 2. The tools of cognitive neuroscience; 3. Brain regions associated with long-term memory; 4. Brain timing associated with long-term memory; 5. Group differences in long-term memory; 6. Long-term memory failure; 7. Implicit memory; 8. Working memory; 9. Memory and other cognitive processes; 10. Explicit memory and disease; 11. Long-term memory in animals; 12. The future of memory research; Glossary; References; Index.

About the author

Scott Slotnick is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Boston College, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Cognitive Neuroscience, Book-Series Editor for the Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology, author of the book Controversies in Cognitive Neuroscience (2012), and author of over 100 scientific articles. Professor Slotnick is a Fellow of the Psychonomic Society and a member of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society and the Society for Neuroscience. He employs multiple cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience techniques including quantitative psychology, computational neuroscience, behavioural studies electroencephalography (EEG), event-related potentials (ERPs), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and research with patients.

Summary

Updated second edition of this comprehensive overview of the cognitive neuroscience of memory. Covers cognitive neuroscience techniques, the human brain mechanisms underlying long-term memory success, long-term memory failure, implicit memory, working memory, memory and disease, and memory in animals, with an expanded section on group differences.

Product details

• Authors: Scott D. Slotnick, Scott D. (Boston College Slotnick, Slotnick Scott D.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2024
• EAN: 9781009322430
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0932243-0
• No. of pages: 396
• Series: Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology; PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Neurosciences, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Cognitive and behavioural neuroscience, Cognitive Science, For undergraduate education and equivalents, Sensory and motor systems