Memory : From Mind to Molecules
by Larry R. Squire and Eric R. KandelFormat: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2000-05-15
Publisher(s): Holt Paperbacks
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Summary
What is memory and where in the brain is it stored? How is memory storage accomplished? Two scientists responsible for some of the fundamental research in the field answer these key questions inMemory: From Mind to Molecules, the first book for a general readership to offer an up-to-date, comprehensive overview of memory from molecules and cells to brain systems and cognition.
Author Biography
Larry R. Squire, Ph.D., is a professor of psychiatry, neurosciences, and psychology at the University of California School of Medicine, San Diego, and Research Career Scientist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego. The author of Memory and Brain, he has received many awards, including the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association and the Karl Lashey Prize from the American Philosophical Society.
Eric R. Kandel, M.D., founded the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior at Columbia University in New York, where he is currently University Professor and Senior Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Laboratories. The coauthor of Principles of Neural Science, he has won many prestigious awards, including the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, the National Medal of Science, and the Wolf Prize in Biology and Medicine.
Eric R. Kandel, M.D., founded the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior at Columbia University in New York, where he is currently University Professor and Senior Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Laboratories. The coauthor of Principles of Neural Science, he has won many prestigious awards, including the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, the National Medal of Science, and the Wolf Prize in Biology and Medicine.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| From Mind to Molecules | p. 1 |
| Modifiable Synapses for Nondeclarative Memory | p. 23 |
| Molecules for Short-Term Memory | p. 47 |
| Declarative Memory | p. 69 |
| Brain Systems for Declarative Memory | p. 83 |
| A Synaptic Storage Mechanism for Declarative Memory | p. 109 |
| From Short-Term Memory to Long-Term Memory | p. 129 |
| Priming, Perceptual Learning, and Emotional Learning | p. 157 |
| Memory for Skills, Habits, and Conditioning | p. 175 |
| Memory and the Biological Basis of Individuality | p. 195 |
| Further Readings | p. 217 |
| Sources of Illustrations | p. 219 |
| Index | p. 225 |
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