Evolutionary Road to Human Memory

We tend to think about memory in terms of the human experience, neglecting the fact that we can trace a direct line of descent from the earliest vertebrates to modern humans. This book tells an intriguing story about how evolution shaped human memory.

Elisabeth A. Murray, ,Steven P. Wise, ,Mary K. L. Baldwin, Assistant Project Scientist, Psychology Department, University of California, Davis, USA,Kim S. Graham, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, UK

Elisabeth A. (Betsy) Murray was raised with her three brothers in Syracuse, New York. She received a B.S. in Biology from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas. Dr. Murray is an elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, of the American Psychological Association, and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She currently heads the Laboratory of Neuropsychology at the National Institute of Mental Health.

Steven P. Wise received a B.A. in Biology from Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. from Washington University (St. Louis) in Biology (Neural Science). After a brief period of postdoctoral study, he had a 30-year career in neurophysiology at the National Institute of Mental Health, where he headed the Laboratory of Neurophysiology.

Mary K. L. Baldwin received a B.Sc. in Neuroscience and a Ph.D. in Psychology from Vanderbilt University. For the last six years, she has been working as a postdoctoral fellow and assistant project scientist at the Center for Neuroscience and Psychology Department at the University of California, Davis.

Kim S. Graham received a B.Sc. in Biological Sciences from Edinburgh University, followed by a Ph.D. from Cambridge University in Psychology. She subsequently worked as a research scientist at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences for 12 years, prior to moving to Cardiff University in 2007, where she held the position of Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience. She was appointed Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation, and Enterprise at Cardiff University in 2018.