Memory: How We Use It, Lose It, and Can Improve it
- ISBN-10
- 0814781454
- ISBN-13
- 9780814781456
- Series
- Memory
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 156
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-09
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Author
- David Samuel
Description
Draws on decades of scientific research to overview how memory has been investigated in the past and what modern studies of brain structure and function can tell us about it. Discusses long- and short-term memory and working memory, the limits to and normal loss of memory, the effects of drugs and anxiety on memory, and research into Alzheimer's disease. For general readers. The author is a professor of physical chemistry in the department of neurobiology at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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