Biology of Memory
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1970
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Karl Pribram
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 1 2 2 3 7 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 4 1 5 0 - 5
Biology of Memory investigates the biological basis of memory and covers topics ranging from short- and long-term post-perceptual memory to memory storage processes, memory… Read more
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Request a sales quoteBiology of Memory investigates the biological basis of memory and covers topics ranging from short- and long-term post-perceptual memory to memory storage processes, memory microstructures, chemical transfer, and neuronal plasticity. The activity of neuronal networks in the thalamus of the monkey is also examined, along with integrative functions of the thalamocortical visual system of the cat. Comprised of 20 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the mechanisms that inhibit or interfere with short- and long-term memory, followed by a discussion on different retrieval mechanisms for short- and long-term memory. The reader is then introduced to the role of short- and long-term memory in the formation, retention, and utilization of associations, together with the link between memory and the medial temporal regions of the brain. Subsequent chapters focus on anatomical and chemical changes in the brain during primary learning; cellular models of learning and cellular mechanisms of plasticity in Aplysia; trace phenomena in single neurons of hippocampus and mammiliary bodies; and plasticity in single units in the mammalian brain. The book concludes with a description of Occam (Omnium-Gatherum Core Content Addressable Memory), a computer program for a content addressable memory in the central nervous system. This monograph will be useful to biologists, behavioral psychologists, neuropsychologists, neurophysiologists, biophysicists, and biochemists as well as computer scientists and mathematicians.
List of ContributorsPrefacePart I. Analyzing the Issues Short- and Long-Term Postperceptual Memory: Dichotomy or Continuum? Short- and Long-Term Memory: Different Retrieval Mechanisms Short- and Long-Term Memory for Associations Recent Analyses of Short-Term Memory Comparative Investigation of the Short- and Long-Term Memory Span Memory and the Medial Temporal Regions of the Brain Memory Storage Processes Primary and Secondary Memory in Short-Term RetentionPart II. Memory Microstructures Evidence for Anatomical and Chemical Changes in the Brain during Primary Learning Neuropsychological Consequences of Altered Sensory Inputs The Question of a Molecular Basis for the Memory TracePart III. Chemical Transfer Chemical Transfer of Training: Three Years Later Attempts to Transfer Approach and Avoidance Responses by RNA Injections in RatsPart IV. Neuronal Plasticity Cellular Models of Learning and Cellular Mechanisms of Plasticity in Aplysia The Aftereffects Due to an Intracellular Electric Stimulation of the Giant Νeuron "Α" in the Left Parietal Ganglion of the Mollusk Trace Phenomena in Single Neurons of Hippocampus and Mammiliary Bodies Investigations of Plasticity in Single Units in the Mammalian BrainPart V. Realizing the Models The Activity of Neuronal Networks in the Thalamus of the Monkey Integrative Functions of the Thalamocortical Visual System of Cat Occam: A Computer Model for a Content Addressable Memory in the Central Nervous SystemAuthor IndexSubject Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1970
- No. of pages (eBook): 336
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780124122376
- eBook ISBN: 9780323141505
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