Principles of learning and memory

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.

Short List of Contents	p. v
Contents	p. vii
Preface	p. xiii
A Formation of Memories	p. 1
1 The Principle of Contiguity	p. 3
2 The Principle of Learning Based on Multiple Brain Structures	p. 15
3 The Principle of Brain Plasticity	p. 27
4 The Principle of Emotional Learning	p. 51
B Organization of Memories	p. 69
5 The Principle of Code-Specific Memory Representations	p. 71
6 The Principle of Multiple Memory Systems	p. 93
7 Modules of Working Memory	p. 113
C Consolidation of Memories	p. 135
8 The Principle of Memory Consolidation and Its Pharmacological Modulation	p. 137
9 The Principle of Cross-Cortical Consolidation of Declarative Memories	p. 155
10 The Principle of Bottleneck Structures	p. 171
D Control of Memories	p. 185
11 The Principle of Controlling Neuronal Dynamics in Neocortex: Rapid Reorganization and Consolidation of Neuronal Assemblies	p. 187
12 The Principle of Inhibition	p. 207
13 Towards Principles of Executive Control: How Mental Sets are Selected	p. 223
E Adaptive Specialization of Memories	p. 241
14 The Principle of Species Independent Learning Phenomena	p. 243
15 The Principle of Adaptive Specialization as It Applies to Learning and Memory	p. 259
References	p. 281
Name Index	p. 337
Subject Index	p. 349
List of Contributors	p. 357

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