This textbook shows how developments in neuroscience have changed the field of learning and memory in the last ten years. A comprehensive, accessible and engaging introduction to learning and memory, the authors cover behavioural processes, brain systems, and clinical perspectives, incorporating findings both in animals and in humans. INDICE: The Psychology of Learning and Memory - The Neuroscience of Learning and Memory - Episodic and Semantic Memory: Memory for Facts and Events - Skill Memory: Learning by Doing - Working Memory and Executive Control - Non-Associative Learning: Learning about Repeated Events - Classical Conditioning: Learning to Predict Important Events - Instrumental Conditioning: Learning the Consequences of Behavior - Generalization, Discrimination, and the Representation of Similarity - Emotional Learning and Memory - Observational Learning: Watching, Listening and Remembering - Learning and Memory Across the Lifespan - Language Learning: Communication and Cognition
- ISBN: 978-0-230-27883-7
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 554
- Fecha Publicación: 04/03/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés