Alphabetically arranged articles provide information about biological and psychological aspects of l...
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Alphabetically arranged articles provide information about biological and psychological aspects of learning and memory, along with biographies of key individuals, descriptions of various theories, and information about disorders of learning and memory. Entries range from 800 to 3,000 words and are written at a somewhat technical, but accessible level (intended for students, teachers, journalists). Sample topics include aging and memory in animals; amnesia (functional, infantile, organic, and transient global); drugs and memory; William James; learned helplessness; learning theory (current status); the morphological basis of learning and memory; neural computation; parallel distributed processing models of memory; tip-of- the-tongue phenomenon; and sex differences in learning. Byrne is June and Virgil Waggoner Distinguished Professor and Chairman of the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at the U. of Texas Medical School. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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