Understanding Autobiographical Memory (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521189330)

The field of autobiographical memory has made dramatic advances since the first collection of papers in the area was published in 1986. Now, over 25 years on, this book reviews and integrates the many theories, perspectives, and approaches that have evolved over the last decades. A truly eminent collection of editors and contributors appraise the basic neural systems of autobiographical memory; its underlying cognitive structures and retrieval processes; how it develops in infancy and childhood, and then breaks down in aging; its social and cultural aspects; and its relation to personality and the self. Autobiographical memory has demonstrated a strong ability to establish clear empirical generalizations, and has shown its practical relevance by deepening our understanding of several clinical disorders - as well as the induction of false memories in the legal system. It has also become an important topic for brain studies, and helped to enlarge our general understanding of the brain.

Author: Dorthe Berntsen
ISBN-10: 0521189330
ISBN-13: 9780521189330
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/27/2012
Pages: 381
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 0.80d