The Evolution of Memory Systems: Ancestors, Anatomy, and Adaptations

by Elisabeth A. Murray, Kim S. Graham, Steven P. Wise, et al.

Book Overview

Current theories about human memory have been shaped by clinical observations and animal experiments. This doctrine holds that the medial temporal lobe subserves one memory system for explicit or declarative memories, while the basal ganglia subserves a separate memory system for implicit or procedural memories, including habits. Cortical areas outside the medial temporal lobe are said to function in perception, motor control, attention, or other...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199686432
• ISBN13: 9780199686438
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 526 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.8" x 9.7"