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FROM CONDITIONING TO CONSCIOUS RECOLLECTION: MEMORY SYSTEMS OF THE BRAIN

By: Howard Eichenbaum and Neal J. Cohen

(Description taken from the book jacket)
Recent breakthroughs in cognitive neuroscience have shown that memory is 
implemented in the brain by multiple systems operating in parallel, each 
with distinct operating characteristics and mediated by separate brain 
pathways.  This book is devoted to a comprehensive treatment of the history 
and implications of the notion of multiple memory systems, of the evidence 
that supports it, and the nature of the systems discovered thus far.

The book begins with a brief history of ideas about multiple memory systems 
and how those ideas fit into the story of the progression in our 
understanding of the nature and organization of memory in the brain.  Other 
early chapters address some of the themes and principles that are common to 
all memory systems, including the fundamentals of cellular plasticity and 
the critical role of the cerebral cortex in memory.  The central portion of 
the book then attempts to characterize the role of several specific memory 
systems, starting with a detailed analysis of the hippocampal memory 
system, the brain system that mediates our ability to consciously recollect 
everyday facts and experiences by supporting the capability of relational 
memory processing.

Subsequent chapters present evidence of functional dissociations among 
various memory systems.  These chapters identify and describe brain systems 
that mediate emotional memories, that modulate memory, or that mediate the 
acquisition of behavioral habits (procedural memories), all concerned with 
long-term memory abilities, and a system (in prefrontal cortex) that plays 
a special role in working memory.  Finally, some general properties of 
memory systems are discussed, offering a more global view of how memory is 
accomplished by the brain.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

(Description taken from the book jacket)
Howard Eichenbaum is University Professor and Professor of Psychology at 
Boston University and Director of the Center for Memory and Brain

Neal J. Cohen is Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois, 
Urbana-Champaign

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments Page ix

Chapter 1: How is Memory Organized in the Brain?  Page 3
Chapter 2: Multiple Memory Systems: A Historical Perspective Page 16

Part One: Fundamentals

Chapter 3: Cellular Plasticity Mechanisms Page 61
Chapter 4: The Cerebral Cortex and Memory Page 98

Part Two: The Brain System That Mediates Declarative Memory

Chapter 5: Hippocampal Function in Humans: Insights from Amnesia and 
Functional Brain Imaging Page 137
Chapter 6: Animal Models of Amnesia: The Nonhuman Primate Page 183
Chapter 7: Animal Models of Amnesia: Nonprimates Page 209
Chapter 8: The Representation of Experience in Hippocampal Neuronal 
Activity Page 258
Chapter 9: The Hippocampal Memory System Page 305
Chapter 10: Memory Consolidation Page 344

Part Three: Specialized Memory Systems of the Brain

Chapter 11: Dissociating Multiple Memory Systems in the Brain Page 371
Chapter 12: Emotional Memory and Memory Modulation Page 394
Chapter 13: Habits, Skills, and Procedural Memory Page 435
Chapter 14: Working Memory and the Prefrontal Cortex Page 471
Chapter 15: Multiple Memory Systems in the Brain: Where Do We Stand? Page 507

References Page 515
Index Page 573

WHERE TO ORDER

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Posted Date: Dec. 8, 2004