The nature of early memory : an adaptive theory of the genesis and development of memory / Mark L. Howe.

Author/creator Howe, Mark L.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Descriptionviii, 259 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects

Contents The significance and earliest signs of early memory -- On the importance of studying early memory -- Studying memory in nonverbal human organisms -- Neurobiological development and the beginnings of early memory -- Infantile amnesia, autobiographical memory, and the remembering self -- Infantile amnesia in human and nonhuman animals -- The onset and early development of autobiographical remembering -- Consciousness and early memory development -- The role of distinctiveness, emotion, stress, and trauma in memory development -- Distinctiveness and emotion in early memory development -- Chronic stress and maltreatment in early memory development -- Children's false memory illusions -- The adaptive nature of memory and its development -- Evolutionary and adaptive significance of the genesis and early development of memory.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011005670
ISBN9780195381412 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN0195381416 (hardback : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks BF723.M4 H693 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold