Memory : the key to consciousness / Richard F. Thompson, Stephen A. Madigan.
By: Thompson, Richard F [author.]
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Contributor(s): Madigan, Stephen A [author.].
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BookSeries: Science essentials (National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)): Publisher: Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2007Edition: First Princeton paperback edition.Description: 1 online resource (vii, 280 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781400849482; 1400849489; 1299991270; 9781299991279.Subject(s): Memory | Thought and thinking | Learning -- Physiological aspects | Learning, Psychology of | Memory -- Physiological aspects | Thinking | Memory | M�emoire | Psychologie de l'apprentissage | M�emoire -- Aspect physiologique | Apprentissage -- Aspect physiologique | Pens�ee | thinking | PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology | SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science | SCIENCE -- Physics -- Astrophysics | Memory -- Physiological aspects | Learning -- Physiological aspects | Learning, Psychology of | Memory | Thought and thinkingGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Memory.DDC classification: 153.12 Online resources: Click here to access online Originally published: Washington D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Preface; Contents; 1 What Is Memory?; 2 Memories of the Here and Now; 3 The Early Development of Memory; 4 Ordinary Forgetting; 5 Amnesia; 6 False Memory; 7 Emotional Learning and Memory; 8 Language; 9 Mechanisms of Memory; 10 The Future of Memory; Suggested Readings; Notes; Index.
Memory is perhaps the most extraordinary phenomenon in the natural world. Every person's brain holds millions of bits of information in long-term storage. This vast memory store includes our extensive vocabulary and knowledge of language; the tremendous and unique variety of facts we've amassed; all the skills we've learned, from walking and talking to musical and athletic performance; many of the emotions we feel; and the continuous sensations, feelings, and understandings of the world we term consciousness. Without memory there can be no mind as we understand it. Focusing.
In English.
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