Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference

The June and Virgil Waggoner Professor and Chair, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Dr. Byrne is an internationally acclaimed Neuroscientist. He received his PhD under the direction of Noble Prize winner, Eric Kandel. Dr. Byrne is a prolific author and Editor-in-Chief of Learning and Memory (CSHP).

• Volume One: Learning Theory and BehaviorTypes of memory Retrieval from memoryPerceptual learningExtinctionCognitive dimension of operant learningConcept and category learning in animalsLearning and representationAttention and memory in mammals and primates Transmission of acquired information in nonhuman primatesAdaptive Specializations and Generality of the Laws of Classical and Instrumental ConditioningVolume Two: Cognitive Psychology of MemoryEncoding and Retrieval Episodic and semantic memory Context and memory Implicit vs explicit memoryWorking memory (n ± 2)Working memory and intelligence The adaptive character of memory Attention and MemorySpatial MemorySignal detection theories of recognition memory Volume Three: Memory Systems Introduction and OverviewMultiple Memory Systems in the Brain:  Cooperation and Competition Anatomy of the hippocampus and the Declarative memory systemDeclarative Memory System:  AmnesiaNeural substrates of remembering- Electroencephalographic StudiesStructural basis of Episodic memoryStructural basis of Semantic memorySchemas Neurobiology of Recognition and MemoryContribution of functional imaging to understanding human memory processes Volume Four: Mechanisms of Memory Overview and OrganizationMolecular Studies of Learning and Memory in Aplysia and the HippocampusMolecular Mechanisms of learning in C. elegans Cellular and molecular mechanisms of memory in molluscs Cellular and molecular mechanism of Associative Learning - Bee Multiple memory phases Neural circuits of fear memory Cellular and molecular mediation of reward Reward mechanisms and drug addiction Molecular and cellular aspects of memory dysfunction in aging