Memory distortion : how minds, brains, and societies reconstruct the past / editor, Daniel L. Schacter ; contributing editors, Joseph T. Coyle [and others].

Other author Schacter, Daniel L.
Other author Coyle, Joseph T.
Other author Harvard Center for the Study of Mind, Brain, and Behavior.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©1995.
Descriptionxi, 417 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Memory disorders--Congresses.

Contents The Reality of illusory memories / Elizabeth F. Loftus, Julie Feldman, and Richard Dashiell -- Constructive memory and memory distortions: a parallel-distributed processing approach / James L. McClelland -- False beliefs: some developmental and clinical considerations / Stephen J. Ceci -- Hypnosis and suggestions / David Spiegel -- Post traumatic stress disorder: psychobiological mechanisms of traumatic remembrance / John H. Krystal, Stephen M. Southwick, and Dennis S. Charney -- Mood-congruent memory biases in anxiety and depression / Susan Mineka and Kathleen Nugent --Biological foundations of accuracy and inaccuracy in memory / Larry R. Squire -- Confabulation / Morris Moscovitch -- Emotional activation, neuromodulatory systems, and memory / James L. McGaugh -- Speculations on the fidelity of memories stored in synaptic connections / Rodney A. Swain [et al.] -- Steps toward a molecular definition of memory consolidation / Ted Abel [et al.] -- Some patterns and meanings of memory distortion in American history / Michael Kammen -- Dynamics of distortion in collective memory / Michael Schudson -- Ancient Egyptian antijudaism: a case of distorted memory / Jan Assmann -- Notes on the cerebral topography of memory and memory distortion: a neurologist's perspective / Marek-Marsel Mesulam -- Memory distortion and anamnesis: a view from the human sciences / Lawrence E. Sullivan.
General notePapers originally presented at the first conference sponsored by the Harvard Center for the Study of Mind, Brain, and Behavior in Cambridge, Mass., May 6-8, 1994.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 95030479
ISBN0674566750 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BF376 .M46 1995 ✔ Available Place Hold