The development of autobiographical memory / Hans J. Markowitsch and Harald Welzer ; translated by David Emmans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Markowitsch, Hans J., 1949-

Contributor:

Welzer, Harald.

Standardized Title:

Autobiographische Gedächtnis. English

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Autobiographical memory.

Physical Description:

vii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Hove [England] ; New York : Psychology Press, 2010.

Language Note:

Translated from the German.

Summary:

Autobiographical memory constitutes an essential part of our personality, giving us the ability to distinguish ourselves as individuals with a past, present and future. This book reveals how the development of a conscious self, an integrated personality and an autobiographical memory are all intertwined, highlighting the parallel development of the brain, memory and personality.

Focusing strongly on developmental aspects of memory and integrating evolutionary and anthropological perspectives, areas of discussion include:

why nonhuman animals lack autobiographical memory

the development of speech areas in the brain

prenatal and transnatal development of memory

autobiographical memory in young children.

This book offers a unique approach through combining both neuroscientfic and social scientific viewpoints, and as such will be of great interest to all those wanting to broaden their knowledge of the development and acquisition of memory and the conscious self.

Contents:

A new approach to viewing memory

Zones of convergence between different sciences

Why other animals lack autobiographical memory

Interdependent development of memory and other cognitive and emotional functions

Development of learning and memory : the prenatal period and the first months of life

The first quantum leap in memory development : the nine months' revolution

The second quantum leap in memory development : language

Exploring autobiographical memory in young children

Autobiographical memory: a continuity in transformation

The age at which memory occurs : results of an interdisciplinary research project on remembering and memory

A formative theory of memory development

Memory at advanced ages

Autobiographical memory : a biocultural relay between the individual and the environment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781848720206

1848720203

OCLC:

320524568