Brain Organization and Memory: Cells, Systems, and Circuits

by James L. McGaugh (Editor), Norman M. Weinberger (Editor), Gary Lynch (Editor)

Overview

This edited volume summarizes recent findings of leading researchers investigating the brain systems that underlie memory. The book reviews recent progress in understanding forms of memory in animals and humans and the interaction of cortical and subcortical systems in the regulation of memory. Special emphasis is given to the development of neural network models that attempt to link cells to systems in the representation of memory. The book will be an invaluable source for cognitive psychologists, neuroscientists, and students interested in this active and exciting area of research.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195077124
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/25/1992
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.96(d)

About the Author

all of the University of California, Irvine

Table of Contents

1. Neurobiology of Memory: The Significance of Anomalous Findings, J. BuresPART I: Forms of MemoryIntroduction, M. Gallagher2. The Development of Learning and Memory in Aplysia, T. J. Carew, et. al3. Synaptic Plasticity, Neural Architecture, and Forms of Memory, R. G. M. Morris4. Forms of Memory in Pavlovian Conditioning, P. C. Holland5. Functional Forms of Human Memory, M. K. Johnson6. Neuromnemonics: Forms and Contents, N. M. Weinberger7. Time and Memory, R. W. Doty8. Forms of Memory: Issues and Directions, A. P. ShimamuraPART II: Regulation of Cortical Function in MemoryIntroduction, M. R. Rosenzweig9. Functions of Neuronal Networks in the Hippocampus and of Backprojections in the Cerebral Cortex in Memory, E. T. Rolls10. Ontogenetic Self-Organization and Learning, W. Singer11. The Dissection by Alzheimer's Diseas of Cortical and Limbic Neural Systems Relevant to Memory, G. W. Van Hoesen12. The Neocortex and Memory Storage, H. P. Killackey13. A Network Model for Learned Spatial Representation in the Posterior Parietal Cortex, R. A. Anderson and D. Zipser14. Cortical Localization of Working Memory, P. S. Goldman-RakicPART III: Representations—Beyond the Single CellIntroduction, G. L. Shaw15 Neural Networks: Test Tubes to Theorems, L. N. Cooper et al.16. Notes on Neural Computing and Associative Memory, T. Kohonen17. Building Network Learning and Algorithms from Hebbian Synapses, T. J. Sejnowski and G. Tesauro18. A Neural Architecture for the Representation of Scenes, C. von der Malsburg19. Representations: Who Needs Them? W. J. Freeman and C. A. Skarda20. Interactions Within Neuronal Assemblies: Theory and Experiment, G. L. Gerstein21 Neural Networks and Networks of Neurons, G. Lynch et al.

Editorial Reviews

"Consists of 21 contributions by well-known experts on topics ranging from the neurobiology of learning in simple organisms and the various forms of normal and impaired human memory to theories on the neural basis of learning and network models. The papers are state of the art in each discipline. The book is strongly recommended. This work contains just the right combination of novelty and continuity." —Journal of Nervous and Mental Disorders

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