From Conditioning to Conscious Recollection: Memory Systems of the Brain

by Howard Eichenbaum and Neal J. Cohen

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195178041
• ISBN13: 9780195178043
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.2"