Principles of Learning and Memory

Principles of Learning and Memory focuses on the most actual 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’ intention is to present state-of-th...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kluwe, Rainer H. (Editor), Lüer, Gerd (Editor), Rösler, Frank (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel Birkhäuser 2003, 2003
Edition:1st ed. 2003
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • A Formation of Memories
  • 1 The Principle of Contiguity
  • 2 The Principle of Learning Based on Multiple Brain Structures
  • 3 The Principles of Brain Plasticity
  • 4 The Principle of Emotional Learning
  • B Organization of Memories
  • 5 The Principle of Code-Specific Memory Representations
  • 6 The Principle of Multiple Memory Systems
  • 7 Modules of Working Memory
  • C Consolidation of Memories
  • 8 The Principle of Memory Consolidation and Its Pharmacological Modulation
  • 9 The Principle of Cross-Cortical Consolidation of Declarative Memories
  • 10 The Principle of Bottleneck Structures
  • D Control of Memories
  • 11 The Principle of Controlling Neuronal Dynamics in Neocortex: Rapid Reorganization and Consolidation of Neuronal Assemblies
  • 12 The Principle of Inhibition
  • 13 Towards Principles of Executive Control: How Mental Sets are Selected
  • E Adaptive Specialization of Memories
  • 14 The Principle of Species Independent Learning Phenomena
  • 15 The Principle of Adaptive Specialization as It Applies to Learning and Memory
  • References
  • Name Index
  • List of Contributors