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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154354503321

Autore

Howe Mark L

Titolo

The nature of early memory : an adaptive theory of the genesis and development of memory

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2011

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

155.4/1312

Soggetti

Long-term memory in children

Long-term memory in adolescence

Memory

Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms

Learning

Human Development

Age Groups

Psychology

Persons

Mental Processes

Growth and Development

Physiological Processes

Physiological Phenomena

Adaptation, Psychological

Infant

Child Development

Child

Social Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The significance and earliest signs of early memory -- On the importance of studying early memory -- Studying memory in nonverbal human organisms -- Neurobiological development and the beginnings of early memory -- Infantile amnesia, autobiographical memory, and



the remembering self -- Infantile amnesia in human and nonhuman animals -- The onset and early development of autobiographical remembering -- Consciousness and early memory development -- The role of distinctiveness, emotion, stress, and trauma in memory development -- Distinctiveness and emotion in early memory development -- Chronic stress and maltreatment in early memory development -- Children's false memory illusions -- The adaptive nature of memory and its development -- Evolutionary and adaptive significance of the genesis and early development of memory.

Sommario/riassunto

Howe presents an exegesis of the research and theory concerning the emergence and development of long-term memory from birth through adolescence. The book also contains a presentation of Howe's theory that memory is an adaptive mechanism that guides the development and survival of the organism in a changing environment.