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UNINA9910790520103321 |
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Autore |
Thompson Richard F. |
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Titolo |
Memory : The Key to Consciousness / / Richard F. Thompson, Stephen A. Madigan |
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Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013] |
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©2008 |
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[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Collana |
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Science Essentials ; ; 19 |
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Learning - Physiological aspects |
Learning, Psychology of |
Memory |
Thought and thinking |
SCIENCE / Physics / Astrophysics |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. What Is Memory? -- 2. Memories of the Here and Now -- 3. The Early Development of Memory -- 4. Ordinary Forgetting -- 5. Amnesia -- 6. False Memory -- 7. Emotional Learning and Memory -- 8. Language -- 9. Mechanisms of Memory -- 10. The Future of Memory -- Suggested Readings -- Notes -- Index |
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Memory is perhaps the most extraordinary phenomenon in the natural world. Every person's brain holds millions of bits of information in long-term storage. This vast memory store includes our extensive vocabulary and knowledge of language; the tremendous and unique variety of facts we've amassed; all the skills we've learned, from walking and talking to musical and athletic performance; many of the emotions we feel; and the continuous sensations, feelings, and understandings of the world we term consciousness. Without memory there can be no mind as we understand it. Focusing on cutting-edge research in behavioral science and neuroscience, Memory is a primer of our current scientific understanding of the mechanics of memory and learning. Over the past two decades, memory research has accelerated and we |
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have seen an explosion of new knowledge about the brain. For example, there now exists a wide-ranging and successful applied science devoted exclusively to the study of memory that has yielded better procedures for eliciting valid recollections in legal settings and improved the diagnosis and treatment of memory disorders. Everyone fascinated by the scope and power of the human brain will find this book unforgettable. |
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UNINA9910969701503321 |
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Autore |
Attebery Jennifer Eastman <1951-> |
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Up in the Rocky Mountains : writing the Swedish immigrant experience / / Jennifer Eastman Attebery |
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Minneapolis, Minn., : University of Minnesota Press |
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Bristol, : University Presses Marketing [distributor], c2007 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (326 p.) |
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Swedish Americans - West (U.S.) |
Swedish Americans - Rocky Mountains Region |
Immigrants - West (U.S.) |
Immigrants - Rocky Mountains Region |
Letter writing - West (U.S.) - History |
Letter writing - Rocky Mountains Region - History |
American letters - West (U.S.) |
American letters - Rocky Mountains Region |
West (U.S.) Social life and customs |
Rocky Mountains Region Social life and customs |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Acknowledgments -- A note on translations -- Preface : expanding Swedish America westward -- Vernacular writing : letter writing as a folk practice -- "Thanks for the letter" : the shape of the genre -- "Here |
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are many Swedes" : nodes and networks of Swedish settlement in the Rockies -- "I work every day" : becoming American workers -- "I am sending money" : old country and new -- "Out West" : identifying with a new region -- "God's good gift" : religious language in the Rocky Mountain letters -- Identity, genre, meaning : what we learn from reading vernacular letters -- Appendix : the letter writers and twenty letters. |
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Jennifer Eastman Attebery offers a new perspective on Swedish immigrantsÕ experiences in Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico from 1880 to 1917 by interpreting their letters home. Recognizing the lettersÕ power as a folk form, Attebery provides a model for discerning immigrantsÕ shared culture in correspondence collections and brings to life small Swedish communities throughout the Rocky Mountain region. |
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