Cognitive neuroscience of memory

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Cognitive neuroscience of memory

Lars-Göran Nilsson, Hans J. Markowitsch (editors)

Hogrefe & Huber Publishers, c1999

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Based on a conference entitled Cognitive neuroscience of memory, held in Lidingo, Stockholm, Sweden, June 13-15, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references

Index: Author (p.[277]-294) and subject (p.[295]-307)

List of contributors: p. [xi]

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This work gives an overview of anatomical, functional and cognitive-behavioural aspects of memory and long-term information processing in both normal subjects, as well as in brain-damaged or psychiatric patients. The volume contains both contributions from leading experts in the various fields, including Endel Tulving, and chapters expressing alternative views and new approaches, as well as discussions of terminology and current controversies.

Table of Contents

  • On the uniqueness of episodic memory, E. Tulving
  • functional neuroanatomy of component processes of episodic memory retrieval, L. Nyberg
  • the functional basis of memory - PET mapping of the memory systems in humans, D. Perani
  • the roles of the hippocampus in memory, K. Henke
  • cross-level unification - a computational exploration of the link between deterioration of neurotransmitter systems and dedifferentiation of cognitive abilities in old age, S.-C. Li, U. Lindenberger
  • aging, dementia, and memory, L.-G. Nilsson
  • confabulation and temporality, G. Dalla Barba
  • stress-related memory disorders, H. Markowitsch
  • perceptual and conceptual components of repetition priming in anterograde amnesia, G.A. Carlesimo
  • the memory system and brain organization - from animal to human studies, J. Delacour
  • memory and brain - unresolved issues, H. Markowitsch, L.-G. Nilsson.

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