Title: Memory, aging, and the brain : a festschrift in honour of Lars-Göran Nilsson /
Authors: Nilsson, Lars-Göran, 1944-; Bäckman, Lars; Nyberg, Lars, 1966-
Publisher: Psychology Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Cognition; Brain physiology; Aging; Memory; Memory Congresses.; Aging Congresses.; Brain physiology Congresses.; Cognition Congresses.; Memory; Aging; Brain
Abstract: "This book brings together some of the best known experts in their fields to offer a cross-disciplinary summary of current research on human memory. More than this, however, the book pays tribute to the work of Lars-Goran Nilsson and his many contributions to the psychology of human memory. Covering a broad range of topics, Memory, Aging and the Brain will be of great interest to all those involved in the study and research of human memory."--Jacket
Contents: Long-term and working memory : how do they interact? / Alan Baddeley -- Memory for actions : how different? / Henry L. Roediger III and Franklin M. Zaromb -- Visual perceptual memory : anno 2008 / Svein Magnussen ... [et al.] -- Remembering in time : cognitive control of time keeping / Timo Mäntylä -- How do brains detect novelty? / Endel Tulving -- Bilingualism and aging : costs and benefits / Fergus I. M. Craik and Ellen Bialystok -- Sex differences in episodic memory : the where but not the why / Agneta Herlitz ... [et al.] -- An epidemiological approach to cognitive health in aging / Roger A. Dixon -- Decline-induced plastic changes of brain and behavior in aging / Martin Lövdén -- Dopamine, cognition, and human aging : new evidence and ideas / Lars Bäckman and Lars Nyberg -- Post-traumatic fear memories : analyzing a case-study of a sexual assault / Arne Öhman -- Environmental influences on autobiographical memory : the mnestic block syndrome / Matthias Brand, Hans J. Markowitsch -- The cognitive neuroscience of signed language : applications to a working memory system for sign and speech / Jerker Rönnberg, Mary Rudner & Catharina Foo -- The mismatch negativity as an index of different forms of memory in audition / Risto Näätänen and Kairi Kreegipu -- Imaging genomics : brain alterations associated with the APOE genotype / Johanna Lind and Lars Nyberg.