Memory Reconsolidation - Hardcover

Alberini, Cristina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123868920 ISBN 13: 9780123868923

Publisher: Academic Press, 2013

Synopsis

As little as 10 years ago, it was believed that memory went from short to long term via one consolidation practice that made that memory intractable. Since then, research has shown that long-term memories can be activated, modified, and reconsolidated in their new form. This research indicates that memories are more dynamic than once believed. And understanding how this process works and helping people to redefine established memories can be clinically useful if those memories lead to problems, as is the case in post-traumatic stress disorder.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of research on memory reconsolidation; what this has to say about the formation, storage, and changeability of memory; and the potential applications of this research to treating clinical disorders.

• Presents both neuroscience and psychological research on memory reconsolidation
• Discusses what findings mean for understanding memory formation, storage, and retrieval
• Includes treatment applications of these findings

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HardCover. Pub Date :2013-04-22 Pages: 334 Language: English Publisher: Academic Press As little as ten years ago. it was believed that memory went from short to long term via one consolidation practice that made that memory intractable Since then. . research has shown that long term memories can be activated. modified. and reconsolidated in their new form. This research indicates that memories are more dynamic than once believed. And understanding how this process works. and helping people to redefine established memories can be clinically useful. if those memories lead to problems as is the case in post traumatic stress disorder. This book provides a comprehensive overview of research on memory reconsolidation. what this has to say about the formation. storage. and changeabitility of memory. and the potential applications of this research to treating clinical disorders. It...

Review

"Exploring theories and findings about the dynamic nature of memory, psychologists and a few neurologists look in particular at memory reconsolidation, a process that is evoked by memory retrieval and is important for memory persistence...The volume provides specialists and other scientists a snapshot of the current state of memory studies."--Reference and Research Book News, October 2013

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0123868920
• ISBN 13: 9780123868923
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 310