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Informationen zum Autor Ekrem Dere is full professor for the Pathophysiology of Cerebral Aging at the Pierre et Marie Curie University in Paris, France. His former team at the University in Düsseldorf, Germany, has provided the first behavioral evidence demonstrating that gap junctions in the brain play an important role in various behavioral processes. Klappentext Episodic memory is the name of the kind of memory that records personal experiences instead of the mere remembering of impersonal facts and rules. This type of memory is extremely sensitive to ageing and disease so an understanding of the mechanisms of episodic memory might lead to the development of therapies suited to improve memory in some patient populations. Episodic memory is unique in that it includes an aspect of self-awareness and helps us to remember who we are in terms of what we did and what we have been passed through and what we should do in the future. This book brings together a renowned team of contributors from the fields of cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and behavioural and molecular neuroscience. It provides a detailed and comprehensive overview of recent developments in understanding human episodic memory and animal episodic-like memory in terms of concepts, methods, mechanisms, neurobiology and pathology. The work presented within this book will have a profound effect on the direction that future research in this topic will take. Zusammenfassung Episodic memory is the name of the kind of memory that records personal experiences instead of the mere remembering of impersonal facts and rules. This book presents an overview of developments in understanding human episodic memory and animal episodic-like memory in terms of concepts! methods! mechanisms! neurobiology and pathology. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section A: Theories and concepts of episodic memory 1. What is episodic memory? Baddeley, A. Human episodic memory. Suddendorf, T.* Mental time travel. Easton, A. & Eacott, M.* The role of context in episodic memory recall: replacing ?when? with ?which?. Nadel, L. & Ryan, L.* Time, space and episodic memory. 2. The special features of human episodic memory Conway, M.A.* The self-memory system and episodic memory. Davidson, P.S.R. Flashbulb memory: a special instance of episodic memory? Allen, P.A. Emotion and episodic memory. Atance, C.M.* Developmental aspects of episodic future thinking. 3. Is there an episodic-like memory in animals? Clayton, N.S. Episodic-like memory in scrub jays. Zentall, T.R.* Prospective and retrospective memory in pigeons. Crystal, J.D. Discrimination of what, when, and where in rats. Dere, E. & Zlomuzica, A.* One-trial memory for what, where and when in rats and mice. Hampton, R.R. Metacognition, conciousness and episodic memory in primates. Schwartz, B.L. Episodic memory in primates. Section B: The neurobiology of episodic memory 1. The role of the hippocampus and medial temporal lobe Squire, L.R. & Shrager, Y.* The role of the hippocampus and other medial tempoaral lobe structures in episodic memory. Aggleton, J.P.* The fornix and episodic memory: insights from animal research. Kesner, R.P. & Hunsaker, R.* The role of the rat hippocampus in the memory for the temporal order of odors, locations and objects. Eichenbaum, H.* The rat hippocampus and recollection of "what," "where," and "when". Rolls, E.T. The role of the primate presubiculum, subiculum and related areas for episodic-like memory. 2. The neuroanatomy of episodic memory Moscovitch, M.* Functional neuroanatomy of remote episodic memories. Fuster, J.M. Cortical dynamics of episodic memory. Buckner, R.L. The parietal lobe and episodic memory retrieval. Fujii, T.* The role of the thalamus in episodic memory. Markowitsch, H.J. & Brand, M.* The role of the prefrontal c...
