From Conditioning to Conscious Recollection Memory Systems of the Brain [Paperback]

This cutting-edge book offers a theoretical account of the evolution of multiple memory systems of the brain. The authors conceptualize these memory systems from both behavioral and neurobiological perspectives, guided by three related principles. First, that our understanding of a wide range of memory phenomena can be advanced by breaking down memory into multiple forms with different operating characteristics. Second, that different forms of memory representation are supported by distinct brain pathways with circuitry and neural coding properties. Third, that the contributions of different brain systems can be compared and contrasted by distinguishing between dedicated (or specific) and elaborate (or general) memory systems. A primary goal of this work is to relate the neurobiological properties of dedicated and elaborate systems to their neuropsychological counterparts, and in so doing, account for the phenomenology of memory, from conditioning to conscious recollection.

Acknowledgments
1. How is Memory Organized in the Brain
2. Multiple Memory Systems: A Historical Perspective
Part I. Fundamentals
3. Cellular Plasticity Mechanisms
4. The Cerebral Cortex and Memory
5. Hippocampal Function in Humans: Insights from Amnesia and Functional Brain Imaging
6. Animal Models for Amnesia: The Nonhuman Primate
7. Animal Models of Amnesia: Nonprimates
8. The Repression of Experience in Hippocampal Neuronal Activity
9. The Hippocampal Memory System
10. Memory Consolidation
Part III. Specialized Memory Systems of the Brain
11. Dissociating Multiple Memory Systems in the Brain
12. Emotional Memory and Memory Modulation
13. Habits, Skills, and Procedural Memory
14. Working Memory and the Prefrontal Cortex
15. Multiple Memory Systems in the Brain: Where Do We Stand?
References
Index