Brain and Memory : Modulation and Mediation of Neuroplasticity

James L. McGaugh

ISBN 10: 019508294X / ISBN 13: 9780195082944

Published by Oxford University Press Inc Mai 1995, 1995

About this Item

Neuware - We are approaching the end of the first century of attempts to discover how the brain enables us to acquire, retain, and use information based on experience. The past several decades especially have witnessed an ever accelerating pace of research. This increase is due in large part to thedevelopment of new techniques for the analysis of brain and behavior. But, to a greater extent, these advances have been fueled by some seminal findings and the accumulation of knowledge based on systematic inquiry in many laboratories around the world. This important volume, authored byinternationally renowned leaders in the field, is a progress report on this burgeoning work. What processes underlie the formation of new memories What determines their strength Where are the changes underlying memory located In judging recent progress, this book looks at what we have learnedabout each of these questions. Furthermore, the contributors look at how these questions are rephrased and refined by new findings, hypotheses, and theories. Topics include: emotion and memory, aging and memory, plasticity of the cerebral cortex, and synaptic connectivity and memory. This bookwill be welcomed by neuroscientists, cognitive psychologists, and cognitive scientists.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Brain and Memory : Modulation and Mediation of Neuroplasticity
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Mai 1995
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019508294X
• ISBN 13: 9780195082944
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 24D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 676 grams

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Synopsis

This book looks at what we have learned over the last century in attempting to discover how the brain enables us to acquire, retain, and use information based on experiences. The major central questions are: "What processes underlie the formation of new memories?" "What processes determine the strength of memories?" "Where are the changes underlying memory located?"

Review

"Much of the material can be found scattered elsewhere, but there are at least two advantages of having it collected in this volume: the juxtapositioning of straight neuroscience and biomedical research, and the way the authors have structured an interplay of research reports with commentaries."--The Quarterly Review of Biology