Memory: The Key to Consciousness (Science Essentials, 3) - Softcover

Thompson, Richard F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691133115 ISBN 13: 9780691133119

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Memory is perhaps the most extraordinary phenomenon in the natural world. Every person's brain holds millions of bits of information in long-term storage. This vast memory store includes our extensive vocabulary and knowledge of language; the tremendous and unique variety of facts we've amassed; all the skills we've learned, from walking and talking to musical and athletic performance; many of the emotions we feel; and the continuous sensations, feelings, and understandings of the world we term consciousness. Without memory there can be no mind as we understand it.

Focusing on cutting-edge research in behavioral science and neuroscience, Memory is a primer of our current scientific understanding of the mechanics of memory and learning. Over the past two decades, memory research has accelerated and we have seen an explosion of new knowledge about the brain. For example, there now exists a wide-ranging and successful applied science devoted exclusively to the study of memory that has yielded better procedures for eliciting valid recollections in legal settings and improved the diagnosis and treatment of memory disorders.

Everyone fascinated by the scope and power of the human brain will find this book unforgettable.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Books in the Science Essentials series bring cutting-edge science to general audiences. The series provides the foundation for a better understanding of the scientific and technical advances changing our world. In each volume, a prominent scientist—an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences—conveys in clear prose and illustration the fundamental knowledge underlying a rapidly evolving field of scientific endeavor.

About the Author:

Richard F. Thompson is the William M. Keck Chair in Biological Sciences and professor of psychology and biological sciences at the University of Southern California. Stephen A. Madigan is associate professor of psychology at the University of Southern California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0691133115
• ISBN 13: 9780691133119
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288