Individual and Collective Memory Consolidation: Analogous Processes on Different Levels

by Patrick Watson, Thomas J. Anastasio, Kristen Ann Ehrenberger, et al.

Book Overview

An argument that individuals and collectives form memories by analogous processes and a case study of collective retrograde amnesia.

We form individual memories by a process known as consolidation: the conversion of immediate and fleeting bits of information into a stable and accessible representation of facts and events. These memories provide a version of the past that helps us navigate the present and is critical to individual identity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262544008
• ISBN13: 9780262544009
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher