The nature of early memory : an adaptive theory of the genesis and development of memory
Howe, Mark LAuthor
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2011.
Howe presents an exegesis of the research and theory concerning the emergence and development of long-term memory from birth through adolescence. The book also contains a presentation of Howe's theory that memory is an adaptive mechanism that guides the development and survival of the organism in a changing environment.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Howe presents an exegesis of the research and theory concerning the emergence and development of long-term memory from birth through adolescence. The book also contains a presentation of Howe's theory that memory is an adaptive mechanism that guides the development and survival of the organism in a changing environment.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Long-term memory in children
Long-term memory in adolescence
Memory
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Learning
Human Development
Age Groups
Psychology
Persons
Mental Processes
Growth and Development
Physiological Processes
Physiological Phenomena
Adaptation, Psychological
Infant
Child Development
Child
Memory
Social Sciences
Psychology