Forgetting / / edited by Sergio Della Sala

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 153.1/25
• Soggetto topico: Memory; Autobiographical memory
• Altri autori: Della SalaSergio
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Forgetting: Preliminary considerations; 2 Forgetting: A historical perspective; 3 A new taxonomy of memory and forgetting; 4 Forgetting in memory models: Arguments against trace decay and consolidation failure; 5 Connectionist models of forgetting; 6 Synaptic plasticity and the neurobiology of memory and forgetting; 7 The functional neuroimaging of forgetting; 8 Sleep and forgetting; 9 Forgetting due to retroactive interference in amnesia: Findings and implications; 10 Accelerated long-term forgetting ; 11 Aspects of forgetting in psychogenic amnesia12 Autobiographical forgetting, social forgetting, and situated forgetting: Forgetting in context; 13 The role of retroactive interference and consolidation in everyday forgetting; Author index; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: Memory and forgetting are inextricably intertwined. In order to understand how memory works we need to understand how and why we forget. The topic of forgetting is therefore hugely important, despite the fact that it has often been neglected in comparison with other features of memory. This volume addresses various aspects of forgetting, drawing from several disciplines, including experimental and cognitive psychology, cognitive and clinical neuropsychology, behavioural neuroscience, neuroimaging, clinical neurology, and computational modeling. The first chapters of the book d
• Titolo autorizzato: Forgetting
• ISBN: 1-136-97086-X; 1-136-97087-8; 1-282-62957-3; 9786612629570; 0-203-85164-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791122203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Current issues in memory.