| Memory, Brain, and Belief Revised Edition Contributor(s): Schacter, Daniel L. (Editor), Scarry, Elaine (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0674007190 ISBN-13: 9780674007192 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2001 Annotation: The scientific research literature on memory is enormous. Yet until now no single book has focused on the complex interrelationships of memory and belief. This book brings together eminent scholars from neuroscience, cognitive psychology, literature, and medicine to discuss such provocative issues as "false memories," in which people can develop vivid recollections of events that never happened; retrospective biases, in which memories of past experiences are influenced by one's current beliefs; and implicit memory, or the way in which nonconscious influences of past experience shape current beliefs. Ranging from cognitive, neurological, and pathological perspectives on memory and belief, to relations between conscious and nonconscious mental processes, to memory and belief in autobiographical narratives, this book will be uniquely stimulating to scholars in several academic disciplines. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition - Psychology | Neuropsychology |
| Dewey: 612.82 |
| Series: Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.11 lbs) 364 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The scientific research literature on memory is enormous. Yet until now no single book has focused on the complex interrelationships of memory and belief. This book brings together eminent scholars from neuroscience, cognitive psychology, literature, and medicine to discuss such provocative issues as false memories, in which people can develop vivid recollections of events that never happened; retrospective biases, in which memories of past experiences are influenced by one's current beliefs; and implicit memory, or the way in which nonconscious influences of past experience shape current beliefs. Ranging from cognitive, neurological, and pathological perspectives on memory and belief, to relations between conscious and nonconscious mental processes, to memory and belief in autobiographical narratives, this book will be uniquely stimulating to scholars in several academic disciplines. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schacter, Daniel L.: - Daniel L. Schacter is William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Psychology at Harvard University.Scarry, Elaine: - Elaine Scarry is Professor of English and American Literature and Language at Harvard University. |