Perspectives in Memory Research

Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1988. Hardcover. Mild rubbing to edges, outer corners, and head and foot of spine of DJ. Very mild chipping to top back outer corner and head of spine of DJ. Pages clean and binding tight. DJ in archival mylar. Very good(+) to near fine book in very good DJ.. Hardcover quarto in light blue DJ. ix, 320 pages: illustrations; 24 cm. "A Bradford book." Abstract: Empirical data and theories concerning formation, retrieval, and integration of memory processes; considers how these processes might augment learning and training procedures. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. Contents: Preface --; I.; Neurobiological Considerations in Memory Function --; 1.; Experience and the Biochemistry of Information Storage in the Nervous System /; Ira B. Black, Joshua E. Adler, Cheryl F. Dreyfus, Wilma F. Friedman, Edmund F. LaGamma and Arthur H. Roach --; 2.; Structure-Function Relationships in the Organization of Memory /; Gary Lynch and Michael Baudry --; 3.; A Basic Circuit of Cortical Organization /; Gordon M. Shepherd --; 4.; Learning and Representation in Connectionist Models /; Terrence J. Sejnowski and Charles R. Rosenberg --; II.; Psychological Dimensions of Memory Functions in Humans --; 5.; Review of Event-Related Potential Studies of Memory /; Marta Kutas --; 6.; Improving Memory /; William Hirst --; 7.; Imagery in Learning /; Stephen M. Kosslyn --; III.; Present and Future of Memory Research and Its Applications /; William Hirst and Michael S. Gazzaniga --; Index.