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Informationen zum Autor Alan Baddeley is Professor of Psychology at York University and one of the world's leading authorities on Human Memory. He is celebrated for devising the ground-breaking and highly influential working memory model with Graham Hitch in the early 1970s, a model which still proves valuable today in recognising the functions of short-term memory. He was awarded a CBE for his contributions to the study of memory, is a Fellow of the Royal Society, of the British Academy and of the Academy of Medical Sciences. In 2012 he was the recipient of the BPS Research Board's Lifetime Achievement Award recognising his outstanding record of personal achievements and significant contributions to the advancement of psychological knowledge. Klappentext This new edition of "The Handbook of Memory Disorders" has been completely rewritten to reflect the huge amount of new research in recent years on both the understanding of memory disorders and the assessment and treatment of patients. Written by a truly international team of experts, it offers an authoritative review of the key areas of research and development in this field. Highlights of the second edition include: a new section on developmental memory disorders new chapters on frontal lobe deficits, confabulation and the neuropsychological basis of false memory discussion of research on animals and computational modelling a new chapter that overviews structural and functional imaging techniques. Zusammenfassung The eagerly awaited 2nd edition of this classic handbook is a critical! thorough account of memory disorders relating to neurological processes and to developmental and acquired brain damage and presents comprehensive sections on theory! assessment! treatment and management of memory disorders. Inhaltsverzeichnis About the Editors viii List of Contributors ix Preface xii Preface to the First Edition xiv Section I Theoretical Background 1 Chapter 1 The Psychology of Memory 3 Alan D. Baddeley Chapter 2 Neurobiological Foundations of Human Memory 17 Daniel Tranel and Antonio R. Damasio Chapter 3 Functional Neuroimaging of Memory 57 Michael D. Rugg Chapter 4 The Medial Temporal Lobe and Memory for Facts and Events 81 Joseph R. Manns and Larry R. Squire Chapter 5 Connectionist Models of Memory Disorders 101 Jaap Murre Chapter 6 Psychopharmacology of Human Memory 123 H. Valerie Curran and Herbert Weingartner Copyrighted Material Section II Varieties of Memory Disorder 143 Chapter 7 The Amnesic Syndrome: Overview and Subtypes 145 Margaret O' Connor and Mieke Verfaillie Chapter 8 Theories of Anterograde Amnesia 167 Andrew R. Mayes Chapter 9 Retrograde Amnesia 189 Michael D. Kopelman Chapter 10 Transient Global Amnesia 209 Georg Goldenberg Chapter 11 Recovery of Memory Function in Neurological Disease 233 Narinder Kapur and Kim S. Graham Chapter 12 Neuropsychological Impairments of Verbal Short-term Memory 249 Giuseppe Vallar and Costanza Papagno Chapter 13 Neuropsychological Impairments of Visual and Spatial Working Memory 271 Sergio Della Sala and Robert H. Logie Chapter 14 Disorders of Semantic Memory 293 Julie Snowden Chapter 15 The Cognitive Neuroscience of Confabulation: A Review and a Model 315 Asaf Gilboa and Morris Moscovitch Chapter 16 The Cognitive Neuropsychology of False Memories: Theory and Data 343 Chad S. Dodson and Daniel L. Schacter Chapter 17 Frontal Lobes and Memory 363 Juliana V. Baldo and Arthur P. Shimamura Chapter 18 Posttraumatic Amnesia and Residual Memory Deficit after Closed Head Injury 381 Harvey S. Levin and Ge...
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"...incorporates several changes and additions that reflect the progress that has been made...promises to be a valuable resource..." (The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Vol 57A(5), 2004)
