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The nature of early memory : an adaptive theory of the genesis and development of memory
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Howe, Mark L., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Long-term memory in children.
- Long-term memory in adolescence.
- Memory.
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
- Learning.
- Human Development.
- Age Groups.
- Psychology.
- Persons.
- Mental Processes.
- Growth and Development.
- Physiological Phenomena.
- Adaptation, Psychological.
- Infant.
- Child Development.
- Child.
- Medical Subjects:
- Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms.
- Learning.
- Human Development.
- Age Groups.
- Psychology.
- Persons.
- Mental Processes.
- Growth and Development.
- Physiological Phenomena.
- Adaptation, Psychological.
- Infant.
- Child Development.
- Child.
- Memory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- Nature of Early Memory, The
- nature of early memory
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Howe presents an exegesis of the research and theory concerning the emergence and development of long-term memory from birth through adolescence. The book also contains a presentation of Howe's theory that memory is an adaptive mechanism that guides the development and survival of the organism in a changing environment.
- Contents:
- The significance and earliest signs of early memory
- On the importance of studying early memory
- Studying memory in nonverbal human organisms
- Neurobiological development and the beginnings of early memory
- Infantile amnesia, autobiographical memory, and the remembering self
- Infantile amnesia in human and nonhuman animals
- The onset and early development of autobiographical remembering
- Consciousness and early memory development
- The role of distinctiveness, emotion, stress, and trauma in memory development
- Distinctiveness and emotion in early memory development
- Chronic stress and maltreatment in early memory development
- Children's false memory illusions
- The adaptive nature of memory and its development
- Evolutionary and adaptive significance of the genesis and early development of memory.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- OCLC:
- 729550922
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