| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 279 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
A new approach to viewing memory -- Zones of convergence between different sciences -- Why other animals lack autobiographical memory -- Interdependent development of memory and other cognitive and emotional functions -- Development of learning and memory : the prenatal period and the first months of life -- The first quantum leap in memory development : the nine months' revolution -- The second quantum leap in memory development : language -- Exploring autobiographical memory in young children -- Autobiographical memory: a continuity in transformation -- The age at which memory occurs : results of an interdisciplinary research project on remembering and memory -- A formative theory of memory development -- Memory at advanced ages -- Autobiographical memory : a biocultural relay between the individual and the environment |
| Summary |
Autobiographical memory constitutes an essential part of our personality. This book reveals how the development of a conscious self, of an integrated personality and of an autobiographical memory are all intertwined |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-274) and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the German |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Autobiographical memory.
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SCIENCE -- Cognitive Science.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Cognitive Psychology.
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Autobiographical memory
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Welzer, Harald.
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| ISBN |
9780203866238 |
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0203866231 |
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9781848720206 |
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1848720203 |
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9786612377082 |
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6612377089 |
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