During the past decade there has been rapid progress in the understanding of the effects of
exposure to traumatic life experiences on subsequent psychopathology in children. Trauma …

The neural mechanisms of emotion and memory have long been thought to reside side by
side, if not in overlapping structures, of the limbic system. However, the limbic system …

Computers are already approving financial transactions, controlling electrical supplies, and
driving trains. Soon, service robots will be taking care of the elderly in their homes, and …

Declarative memories are thought to be stored within anatomically distributed neuronal
networks requiring the hippocampus; however, it is unclear how neocortical areas …

Research examining the relation between explicit and implicit forms of memory has
generated a great deal of evidence concerning the issue of multiple memory systems. This …

The metaphor of a" cognitive map" has attracted wide interest since it was first proposed in
the late 1940s. Researchers from fields as diverse as psychology, geography, and urban …

A theory of multiple parallel memory systems in the brain of the rat is described. Each system
consists of a series of interconnected neural structures. The “central structures” of the three …

There is considerable evidence that the hippocampal system contributes both to (1) the
temporary maintenance of memories and to (2) the processing of a particular type of memory …

Extending the Jacksonian principle of the hierarchical development and dissolution of
function to the development and dissolution of memory, researchers have concluded that …

Down's syndrome is a genetic disorder that can lead to mental retardation of varying
degrees. How this chromosomal abnormality causes mental retardation remains an open …