The Evolution of Memory Systems Ancestors, Anatomy, and Adaptations

by Murray, Elisabeth; Wise, Steven; Graham, Kim

• ISBN13: 9780199686438
• ISBN10: 0199686432
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2017-01-10
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Elizabeth Murray, National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland, Head of the Laboratory of Neuropsychology,Steven Wise, National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland, Former Chief of the Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Chief of the Section on Neurophysiology of the Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience,Kim Graham, University of Cardiff, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience

Elisabeth A. (Betsy) Murray was raised with her three brothers in Syracuse, New York. She received a B.S. in Biology from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in Physiology from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas. Dr. Murray is an elected Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science, of the American Psychological Association, and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She currently heads the Laboratory of Neuropsychology at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

Steven P. Wise received a B.A. in Biology from Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. from Washington University (St. Louis) in Biology. After a brief period of postdoctoral study, he had a 30-year career in neurophysiology at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda and Poolesville, Maryland. Dr Wise served as Chief of the Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Chief of the Section on Neurophysiology of the Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience.

Kim S. Graham received a B.Sc. In Biological Sciences from Edinburgh University, followed by a Ph.D. from Cambridge University in Psychology. She subsequently worked as a research scientist at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences for 12 years, prior to moving to Cardiff University in 2007, where she is currently a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience.

Table of Contents

List of abbreviations
Glossary
Epigraph
Part I. Foundations of memory systems
1. The history of memory systems
2. The history of the brain
Part II. Architecture of vertebrate memory
3. The reinforcement memory systems of early animals
4. The navigation memory system of early vertebrates
5. The biased-competition memory system of early mammals
Part III. Primate augmentations
6. The manual-foraging memory system of early primates
7. The feature memory system of anthropoids
8. The goal memory system of anthropoids
Part IV. Hominin adaptations
9. The goal and feature memory systems of hominins
10. The social-subjective memory system of hominins
11. The origin of explicit memory in hominins
Part V. Deconstructing and reconstructing memory systems
12. Deconstructing amnesia
13. Reconstructing memory's past
Epilogue
Index