Brain Organization and Memory Cells, Systems, and Circuits

by McGaugh, James L.; Weinberger, Norman M.; Lynch, Gary

• ISBN13: 9780195077124
• ISBN10: 0195077121
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-06-25
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This edited volume summarizes recent findings of leading researchers investigating the brain systems that underlie memory. The book reviews recent progress in understanding forms of memory in animals and humans and the interaction of cortical and subcortical systems in the regulation of memory. Special emphasis is given to the development of neural network models that attempt to link cells to systems in the representation of memory. The book will be an invaluable source for cognitive psychologists, neuroscientists, and students interested in this active and exciting area of research.

Table of Contents

Neurobiology of Memory: The Significance of Anomalous Findings

Forms of MemoryM. Gallagher: Introduction

The Development of Learning and Memory in Aplysia

Synaptic Plasticity, Neural Architecture, and Forms of Memory

Forms of Memory in Pavlovian Conditioning

Functional Forms of Human Memory

Neuromnemonics: Forms and Contents

Time and Memory

Forms of Memory: Issues and Directions

Regulation of Cortical Function in Memory

Introduction

Functions of Neuronal Networks in the Hippocampus and of Backprojections in the Cerebral Cortex in Memory

Ontogenetic Self-Organization and Learning

The Dissection by Alzheimer's Diseas of Cortical and Limbic Neural Systems Relevant to Memory

The Neocortex and Memory Storage

A Network Model for Learned Spatial Representation in the Posterior Parietal Cortex

Cortical Localization of Working Memory

Representations--Beyond the Single Cell

Introduction

Neural Networks: Test Tubes to Theorems

Notes on Neural Computing and Associative Memory

Building Network Learning and Algorithms from Hebbian Synapses

A Neural Architecture for the Representation of Scenes

Representations: Who Needs Them?

Interactions Within Neuronal Assemblies: Theory and Experiment

Neural Networks and Networks of Neurons

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