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1、MEMORYTHEKEYTOCONSCIOUSNESSRichardF.ThompsonStephenA.MadiganCopyright2005JosephHenryPressISBN0-3090-9311-2ISBN978-0309093118PrefaceMemoryisthemostamazingphenomenoninnature.Thefactthatwecanrememberliterallybillionsofbitsofinformation—facts,language,ourown
2、experiences,athleticskills,musicalknowledge—istrulyastonishing.Withoutmemorywecouldnotbeconsciousoftheworld;wewould,infact,havenominds.Ourintentioninwritingthisbookistoprovideapopularaccountofcurrentscientificunderstandingofmemoryandlearning.Overthepasts
3、everaldecades,memoryresearchhasacceleratedgreatlyandhasexpandeditstechniques,ramifications,andapplications,andwewanttoconveytheexcitementandimportanceofthisresearchtogeneralreaders.Itisnotdifficulttofindmanystriking,surprising,andinterestingfactsaboutmem
4、oryinthisrichresearchliterature.Dopeoplehavephotographicmemories?Canwerememberbetterwhilehypnotized?Howdowelearnlanguage?Canwehavefalsememories?Canemotionsinfluencememories?Howcanweimproveourmemory?Wherearememoriesstoredinthebrain?Canwesomedayreadmemorie
5、sbymeasuringtheactivityofthebrain?Canourbrainssomedaybe"plugged"intocomputers?Psychologicalsciencehasalreadyproducedawide-rangingandsuccessfulappliedscienceofmemory,includingnew,improvedproceduresforelicitingvalidrecollectionsinlegalsettings,fordiagnosin
6、gandtreatingmemorydeficits,fordevisingsystemsfortheefficientassimilationandretentionofinformation,andmanyothers.Muchofthenewinformationfromthisexplosionofnewknowledgeisveryrelevanttounderstandinghowthebrainacquiresandstoresmemories.Wetouchonthisliteratur
7、elightlywhereitismostrelevantbutonlyinanontechnicalmanner.Wehopereaderswillenjoythistourthroughthefascinatingandmany-chamberedstructuresofmemory.RichardF.ThompsonStephenA.MadiganContents1WhatIsMemory?12MemoriesoftheHereandNow253TheEarlyDevelopmentofMemor
8、y504OrdinaryForgetting865Amnesia1176FalseMemory1427EmotionalLearningandMemory1628Language1979MechanismsofMemory22810TheFutureofMemory251SuggestedReadings2591WhatIsMemory?Memoryisthemostextraordinaryphenomenoninthenaturalwo
