The Development of Autobiographical Memory

ISBN-13: 9780415649049 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 288 str.

Hans J. Markowitsch; Harald Welzer

Opis

Autobiographical memory constitutes an essential part of our personality. This book reveals how the development of a conscious self, of an integrated personality and of an autobiographical memory are all intertwined.

Spis treści

Part 1. An Interdisciplinary View of Memory. A New Approach to Viewing Memory. Zones of Convergence Between Different Sciences. Why Other Animals Lack Autobiographical Memory. Part 2. Development of Autobiographical Memory and the Brain. Interdependent Development of Memory and Other Cognitive and Emotional Functions. Part 3. Autobiographical Memory: A Lifelong Developmental Task. Development of Learning and Memory: The Prenatal Period and the First Months of Life. The First Quantum Leap in Memory Development: The Nine Months’ Revolution. The Second Quantum Leap in Memory Development: Language. Exploring Autobiographical Memory in Young Children. Autobiographical Memory: A Continuity in Transformation. The Age at Which Memory Occurs: Results of an Interdisciplinary Research Project on Remembering and Memory. A Formative Theory of Memory Development. Memory at Advanced Ages. Autobiographical Memory: A Biocultural Relay Between the Individual and the Environment.