Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-260) and index.
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What is memory? -- Memories of the here and now -- The early development of memory -- Remembrance of things past -- Amnesia -- False memory -- Emotional learning and memory -- Language -- How memories are made -- The future of memory.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Focusing on cutting-edge research in behavioral sciences and neuroscience, Memory, the second title in the Science Essentials series, is a primer of our current scientific understanding of the mechanics of memory and learning. During the past two decades, memory research has accelerated and we have seen an explosion of new knowledge about the brain. For example, there now exists a wide-ranging and successful applied science devoted specifically and exclusively to the study of memory that has yielded better procedures for eliciting valid recollections in legal settings and improved our track record for diagnosing and treating memory disorders."--Jacket.