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Zusatztext ...our understanding of memory systems has advanced considerably and will continue to do so...[this book] can break down conceptual barriers and push the field into new directions...and inspires us to think more generally about the relationship between various learning and memory traditions; it will have broad academic appeal. Informationen zum Autor Henry L. Roediger III is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. Yadin Dudai is the Sela Professor of Neurobiology at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Susan M. Fitzpatrick is Vice President of the James S. McDonnell Foundation. Klappentext Scientists currently study memory from many different perspectives: neurobiological, ethological, animal conditioning, cognitive, behavioral neuroscience, social, and cultural. The aim of this book is to help initiate a new science of memory by bringing these perspectives together to create a unified understanding of the topic. The book began with a conference where leading practitioners from all these major approaches met to analyze and discuss 16 concepts that are crucial to our understanding of memory. Each of these 16 concepts is addressed in a section of the book, and in the 66 succinct chapters that fill these sections, a leading researcher addresses the section's concept by clearly stating his or her position on it, elucidating how it is used, and discussing how it should be used in future research. For some concepts, there is general agreement among practitioners from different fields and levels of analysis, but for others there is general disagreement and much controversy. A final chapter in each section, also written by a leading researcher, integrates the various viewpoints offered on the section's concept, then draws conclusions about the concept. This groundbreaking volume will be an indispensable reference for all the students and researchers who will build upon the foundation it provides for the new science of memory. Zusammenfassung Aims to help initiate a new science of memory. This volume analyses and discusses 16 concepts that are critical to understanding memory. It is organised around these core concepts, with each represented by four position papers that describe how the concept is viewed in the author's particular tradition. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Yadin Dudai, Henry L Roediger III and Endel Tulving: Memory Concepts Section 1: Memory 2: Yadin Dudai: It's all about representations 3: Morris Moscovitch: Why the engram is elusive 4: Daniel L Schacter: Delineating the core 5: Richard G M Morris: Integrative comments: Distinctions and dilemmas Section 2: Learning 6: Robert A Rescorla: A pre-theoretical concept 7: Anthony Dickinson: The need for a hybrid theory 8: Elizabeth A Phelps: Challenges in the merging of levels 9: Steve E Petersen: Integrative comments: Multiplicity of mechanisms Section 3: Coding and representation 10: Alessandro Treves: Time, space, history and beyond 11: Anthony R McIntosh: The importance of mesoscale dynamics 12: Endel Tulving: Searching for a home in the brain 13: Misha Tsodyks: Integrative comments: On appealing beliefs and paucity of data Section 4: Plasticity 14: John H Byrne: New concepts, new challenges 15: Chris I De Zeeuw: A pragmatic compromise 16: John T Bruer: On the level 17: Edvard I Moser: Integrative comments: More than memory Section 5: Context 18: Michale S Fanselow: What's so special about it? 19: Eric Eich: Mood, memory, and the concept of context 20: Steven M Smith: A reference for focal experience 21: Mark E Bouton: Integrative comments: The concept in the human and animal memory domains Section 6: Encoding 22: Michael E Hasselmo: Models linking neural mechanisms to behavior 23: Fergus I M Craik: A cognitive perspective 24: Lila Davac...
