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The evolution of memory systems : ancestors, anatomy, and adaptations / Elisabeth A. Murray, Steven P. Wise, Kim S. Graham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murray, Elisabeth A., author.
- Wise, Steven P., author.
- Graham, Kim, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Memory.
- Cognitive neuroscience.
- Human evolution.
- Primates--Evolution.
- Brain--Evolution.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Memory--physiology.
- Biological Evolution.
- Hominidae--physiology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Memory--physiology.
- Biological Evolution.
- Hominidae--physiology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 496 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Ancestors, anatomy, and adaptations
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- This work sets out a bold and exciting new theory about memory. It proposes that several memory systems arose during evolution and that they did so for the same general reason - to transcend problems and exploit opportunities encountered by specific ancestors at particular times and places in the distant past.
- Contents:
- Part I. Foundations of memory systems. 1. The history of memory systems ; 2. The history of the brain
- Part II. Architecture of vertebrate memory. 3. The reinforcement memory systems of early animals ; 4. The navigation memory system of early vertebrates ; 5. The biased-competition memory system of early mammals
- Part III. Primate augmentations. 6. The manual-foraging memory system of early primates ; 7. The feature memory system of anthropoids ; 8. The goal memory system of anthropoids
- Part IV. Hominin adaptations. 9. The goal and feature memory systems of hominins ; 10. The social-subjective memory system of hominins ; 11. The origin of explicit memory in hominins
- Part V. Deconstructing and reconstructing memory systems. 12. Deconstructing amnesia ; 13. Reconstructing memory's past.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 7, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-150996-5
- 0-19-176631-3
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