Episodic Memory New Directions in Research

The term 'episodic memory' refers to our memory for unique, personal experiences, that we can date at some point in our past - our first day at school, the day we got married. It has again become a topic of great importance and interest to psychologists, neuroscientists, and philosophers. Howare such memories stored in the brain, why do certain memories disappear (especially those from early in childhood), what causes false memories (memories of events we erroneously believe have really taken place)? Since Endel Tulving's classic book 'Episodic memory' (OUP, 1983) very few books havebeen published on this topic. In recent years however, many of the assumptions made about episodic memory have had to be reconsidered as a result of new techniques, which have allowed us a far deeper understanding of episodic memory. In 'Episodic memory: new directions in research' three of the worlds leading researchers in the topic of memory have brought together a stellar team of contributors from the fields of cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, and neuroscience, to present an account of what we now know about about thisfundamentally important topic. The list of contributors includes, amongst others, Daniel Schacter, Richard Morris, Fareneh Vargha-Khadem, and Endel Tulving. The work presented within this book will have a profound effect on the direction that future research in this topic will take.

John P. Aggleton School of Psychology, University of Cardiff, UK Alan Baddeley Centre for the Study of Learning and Memory, University of Bristol, UK Suzanna Becker Department of Psychology, McMaster University, Canada Neil Burgess Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK N. S. Clayton Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, UK Martin A. Conway Department of Psychology, University of Durham, UK Anthony Dickenson Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, UK Chad S. Dodson Department of Psychology, Harvard University, USA N. J. Emery Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, UK David G. Gadian Radiology and Physics Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK John M. Gardiner Psychology Group, School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences, University of Sussex, UK Kim S. Graham MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK D. P. Griffiths Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Cambridge, UK John R. Hodges MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK Narinder Kapur Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton General Hospital, UK John A. King Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK Michael D. Kopelman University Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, King's College London, UK Eleanor A. Maguire Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, Institute of Neurology, University College London, UK Andrew R. Mayes Department of Psychology, Eleanor Rathbone Building, University of Liverpool, UK Mortimer Mishkin Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA Richard G. M. Morris Department of Neuroscience, The University of Edinburgh, UK John O'Keefe Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK John M. Pearce School of Psychology, University of Cardiff, UK Neil Roberts Magnetic Resonance and Image Analysis Centre, University of Liverpool, UK Daniel L. Schacter Department of Psychology, Harvard University, USA Endel Tulving Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto, Canada Fareneh Vargha-Khadem Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Institute of Child Health, University College London, UK Andrew P. Yonelinas Department of Psychology, University of California, USA