| Edition |
1st Harvard Univ. Press pbk. ed. |
| Description |
xi, 417 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Memory disorders -- Congresses.
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Memory disorders. |
| Indexed Term |
Humans Memory (Mental processes) |
| Subject |
Memory -- physiology. |
| Genre/Form |
Congress.
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| Subject |
Memory. |
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Memory Disorders. |
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Schacter, Daniel L.
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Coyle, Joseph T.
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Harvard Center for the Study of Mind, Brain, and Behavior.
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| ISBN |
0674566769 paperback |
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