Memory Consolidation: Essays in Honor of James L. McGaugh (Decade of Behavior)

The authors of this volume present experiments and research giving pro vocative insight into the workings of human neurobiology. They examine morphological studies of memory, neural connections between memory an d arousal, the function of brainstem structures, the effects of epinep hrine on memory consolidation, and new models of memory formation invo lving neuroholography and memory codes. A delightful professional auto biography by McGaugh himself starts off the book, and the humility and humor of his words belie the important influence of his work. This vo lume is essential to researchers and practitioners in the field of psy chobiology of memory, and to any reader wishing to see how a single sc ientist can utterly transform a field of inquiry.