Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory

Scott Slotnick is a Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Boston College, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Cognitive Neuroscience, Book-Series Editor for the Cambridge Fundamentals of Neuroscience in Psychology, author of the book Controversies in Cognitive Neuroscience (2012), and author of over 100 scientific articles. Professor Slotnick is a Fellow of the Psychonomic Society and a member of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society and the Society for Neuroscience. He employs multiple cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience techniques including quantitative psychology, computational neuroscience, behavioural studies electroencephalography (EEG), event-related potentials (ERPs), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and research with patients.

'If you want to know about memory, this is your book. Scott Slotnick not only reviews classic and cutting-edge research in all the usual areas, but also delves into hot topics such as group differences (e.g., sex, older people) in long-term memory and disorders of memory. Professor Slotnick brilliantly bridges the gap between complex neural mechanisms and everyday human experience. He has given us a broad overview of the field that is both engaging and enlightening. He has masterfully provided students and researchers with a thorough, rigorous, and remarkably accessible treatment of this important topic.' Stephen M. Kosslyn, Harvard University

• Preface; 1. Types of memory and brain regions of interest; 2. The tools of cognitive neuroscience; 3. Brain regions associated with long-term memory; 4. Brain timing associated with long-term memory; 5. Group differences in long-term memory; 6. Long-term memory failure; 7. Implicit memory; 8. Working memory; 9. Memory and other cognitive processes; 10. Explicit memory and disease; 11. Long-term memory in animals; 12. The future of memory research; Glossary; References; Index.