The Memory System of the Brain

Delacour, Jean

ISBN 10: 9810210213 / ISBN 13: 9789810210212

Published by World Scientific, Singapore ; River Edge, N.J., 1994

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Small quarto in offwhite illus dust jacket; xi, 879 pages: illustrations; 23 cm.ncludes bibliographical references and indexes. "The purpose of this book is to describe the memory system of the brain, taking into account all the levels of neural organization: molecule, cell, small network, and anatomical circuit. This synthetic approach is necessary for determining the real mechanisms among the potential ones, that is the neural bases of learning and memory in intact organisms functioning under normal conditions. For this purpose, data from molecular, cellular and behavioral neurobiology, neuropsychology, animal and human psychology, and neural modellization are comprehensively reviewed by leading specialists and brought together in an original synthesis." Contents: Introduction: The Memory System of the Brain / J. Delacour -- Sect. I. Forms (Normal and Abnormal) and Systems of Memory. Physiological Integration of the Declarative Memory System / E. Halgren. Context Effects in Learning and Memory: Human and Animal Perspectives / T. Archer and L.-G. Nilsson. Hippocampal Function and Relational Processing / E.A. Phelps, R.G. Phillips and M.S. Gazzaniga. Effects of Emotion and Arousal on Memory Processing by the Brain / H.J. Markowitsch. Amnesias Following Limited Thalamic Lesions / M. Rousseaux. Suggestions from the Infant Rat about Brain Dysfunction and Memory / N.E. Spear, D.L. McKinzie and M. Arnold -- Sect. II. Mechanisms and Levels of Organization. Molecular Devices in Neuronal Learning Machines (or, the Syntactic Approach to Biological Learning) / Y. Dudai. Humoral Modulation of Learning and Memory Processes: Physiological Significance of Brain and Peripheral Mechanisms / B. Bohus. Memory -- Physiological aspects. Learning -- Physiological aspects. Memory -- physiology. Learning -- physiology. Learning -- Physiological aspects. Memory -- Physiological aspects. Memoria (psicologia) Aufsatzsammlung. Ged?chtnis. Lernen. Physiologie. Fine in fine jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Memory System of the Brain
• Publisher: World Scientific, Singapore ; River Edge, N.J.
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9810210213
• ISBN 13: 9789810210212
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biology, Life Sciences, Evolution

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The purpose of this book is to describe the memory system of the brain, taking into account all the levels of neural organization: molecule, cell, small network, and anatomical circuit. This synthetic approach is necessary for determining the real mechanisms among the potential ones, that is the neural bases of learning and memory in intact organisms functioning under normal conditions. For this purpose, data from molecular, cellular and behavioral neurobiology, neuropsychology, animal and human psychology, and neural modellization are comprehensively reviewed by leading specialists and brought together in an original synthesis.