| Description |
xi, 417 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The Reality of illusory memories / Elizabeth F. Loftus, Julie Feldman, and Richard Dashiell -- Constructive memory and memory distortions: a parallel-distributed processing approach / James L. McClelland -- False beliefs: some developmental and clinical considerations / Stephen J. Ceci -- Hypnosis and suggestions / David Spiegel -- Post traumatic stress disorder: psychobiological mechanisms of traumatic remembrance / John H. Krystal, Stephen M. Southwick, and Dennis S. Charney -- Mood-congruent memory biases in anxiety and depression / Susan Mineka and Kathleen Nugent --Biological foundations of accuracy and inaccuracy in memory / Larry R. Squire -- Confabulation / Morris Moscovitch -- Emotional activation, neuromodulatory systems, and memory / James L. McGaugh -- Speculations on the fidelity of memories stored in synaptic connections / Rodney A. Swain [et al.] -- Steps toward a molecular definition of memory consolidation / Ted Abel [et al.] -- Some patterns and meanings of memory distortion in American history / Michael Kammen -- Dynamics of distortion in collective memory / Michael Schudson -- Ancient Egyptian antijudaism: a case of distorted memory / Jan Assmann -- Notes on the cerebral topography of memory and memory distortion: a neurologist's perspective / Marek-Marsel Mesulam -- Memory distortion and anamnesis: a view from the human sciences / Lawrence E. Sullivan |
| Summary |
Hypnosis, confabulation, source amnesia, flashbulb memories, repression - these and numerous additional topics are explored in this timely collection of essays by eminent scholars in a range of disciplines. This is the first book on memory distortion to unite contributions from cognitive psychology, psychopathology, psychiatry, neurobiology, sociology, history, and religious studies. It brings the most relevant group of perspectives to bear on some key contemporary issues, including the value of eyewitness testimony and the accuracy of recovered memories of sexual abuse |
| Analysis |
Humans Memory (Mental processes) |
| Notes |
Papers originally presented at the first conference sponsored by the Harvard Center for the Study of Mind, Brain, and Behavior in Cambridge, Mass., May 6-8, 1994 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Text in Croatian |
| Subject |
Memory disorders -- Congresses.
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Memory -- physiology.
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Memory Disorders.
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Memory.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Coyle, Joseph T.
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Schacter, Daniel L.
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Harvard Center for the Study of Mind, Brain, and Behavior.
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| LC no. |
95030479 |
| ISBN |
0674566750 (alk. paper) |
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0674566769 (paperback) |
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9536491508 (paperback) |
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