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The Key to Consciousness

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Memory
The Key to Consciousness

by Richard F. Thompson (Author)
by Stephen A. Madigan (Author)

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ISBN: 9780691133119

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Memory is perhaps the most extraordinary phenomenon in the natural world. Without memory there can be no mind as we understand it. Focusing on research in behavioral science and neuroscience, this work is a primer of our scientific understanding of the mechanics of memory and learning.

Everyone fascinated by the scope and power of the human brain will find this book unforgettable.

ISBN	691133115
ISBN13	9780691133119
Publisher	Princeton University Press
Format	Paperback
Publication date	13/08/2007
Pages	288
Weight (grammes)	399
Published in	United States
Height (mm)	229
Width (mm)	152

Chapter 1: What Is Memory? 1
Chapter 2: Memories of the Here and Now 25
Chapter 3: The Early Development of Memory 50
Chapter 4: Ordinary Forgetting 86
Chapter 5: Amnesia 117
Chapter 6: False Memory 142
Chapter 7: Emotional Learning and Memory 162
Chapter 8: Language 197
Chapter 9: Mechanisms of Memory 228
Chapter 10: The Future of Memory 251
Suggested Readings 259
Notes 261
Index 267