Memory and Emotion: The Making of Lasting Memories - Couverture souple

McGaugh, James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0231120230 ISBN 13 : 9780231120234

Editeur : Columbia University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Drawing on fascinating research and case studies, James McGaugh, a distinguished neuroscientist, reveals that the key to understanding how memories are created may well be understanding how they are lost. He shows that lasting memories are not stored instantly. Why the delay? The author explains how the slow consolidation of memory has important adaptive consequences. It allows physiological processes activated by experiences to regulate the strength of the memory of the experiences. Emotionally arousing experiences induce the release of stress hormones, which act on the brain to influence the consolidation of our memories of recent experience. These findings have important implications for the controversial issues of post-traumatic stress disorder and repressed memory syndrome.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

James L. McGaugh is founding director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory and research professor of neurobiology and behavior at the University of California, Irvine. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Columbia University Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0231120230
• ISBN 13: 9780231120234
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 162
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• Personne responsable: non disponible