Principles of Learning and Memory, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003

Principles of Learning and Memory focuses on the most topical and central phenomena, which are discussed from an interdisciplinary point of view in five sections: formation, organization, consolidation, control, and adaptive specialization of memories. The editors present state-of-the-art reviews that cover the experimental analysis of behavior, as well as the biological basis of learning and memory, and that overcome traditional borders separating disciplines. The chapters present and evaluate core findings of human learning and memory that are obtained in different fields of research and on different levels of analysis (e.g. cellular, neural network, behavioral level). The volume provides an integrated pattern of results wherever this is possible. The reader acquires a broad and integrated perspective of human learning and memory based on current approaches. This textbook is of interest to researchers and advanced students in biology, cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive science.

A Formation of Memories.- 1 The Principle of Contiguity.- 2 The Principle of Learning Based on Multiple Brain Structures.- 3 The Principles of Brain Plasticity.- 4 The Principle of Emotional Learning.- B Organization of Memories.- 5 The Principle of Code-Specific Memory Representations.- 6 The Principle of Multiple Memory Systems.- 7 Modules of Working Memory.- C Consolidation of Memories.- 8 The Principle of Memory Consolidation and Its Pharmacological Modulation.- 9 The Principle of Cross-Cortical Consolidation of Declarative Memories.- 10 The Principle of Bottleneck Structures.- D Control of Memories.- 11 The Principle of Controlling Neuronal Dynamics in Neocortex: Rapid Reorganization and Consolidation of Neuronal Assemblies.- 12 The Principle of Inhibition.- 13 Towards Principles of Executive Control: How Mental Sets are Selected.- E Adaptive Specialization of Memories.- 14 The Principle of Species Independent Learning Phenomena.- 15 The Principle of Adaptive Specialization as It Applies to Learning and Memory.- References.- Name Index.- List of Contributors.

COMBINES CENTRAL PRINCIPLES AND PHENOMENA AND CURRENT APPROACHES FROM COGNITIVE SCIENCE, NEUROSCIENCE, AND BIOLOGY TO EMPHASIZE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE FINDINGS IN THESE DIFFERENT DOMAINS TAKES INTO ACCOUNT RESULTS FROM EMPIRICAL RESEARCH AND MODELING APPROACHES WRITTEN BY WELL KNOWN SCIENTISTS, WHO HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FIELD OF LEARNING AND MEMORY INTEGRATED BIBLIOGRAPHY NAME INDEX SUBJECT