What is adaptive about adaptive memory? /

The goal of this volume will be to present the best theoretical and empirical work on the adaptive nature of memory. It features the most current work of a number of cognitive psychologists, developmental psychologists, comparative psychologists, and cognitive neuroscientists who have focused on thi...

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Other Authors:	Schwartz, Bennett L. (Editor), Howe, Mark L. (Editor), Toglia, Michael P. (Editor), Otgaar, Henry (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Memory. Evolutionary psychology. Human evolution. Adaptability (Psychology) Memory Adaptation, Psychological Psychologie évolutionniste. Êtres humains > Évolution. Mémoire. Adaptation (Psychologie) memory (psychological concept) PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology. SCIENCE > Cognitive Science. Evolutionary psychology Human evolution Electronic books. Fulltext. Internet Resources.
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Table of Contents:

1. What Is Adaptive Memory? / Michael P. Toglia
Section 1 Adaptive Memory: What Are the Factors that Drove the Natural Selection of Memory?
2. Evolution, Memory, and the Role of Self-Referent Recall in Planning for the Future / Stanley B. Klein
3. Remembering Cheaters / Axel Buchner
4. Living, Dying, and Remembering: The Encoding Processes Involved in Survival Processing / Joshua Hart
Section 2 Adaptive Memory: A Special Case for Survival Information and Processing?
5. Adaptive Memory: Survival Processing, Ancestral Relevance, and the Role of Elaboration / Mary H. Derbish
6. On the Domain-Specificity of Survival Processing Advantages in Memory / Anne M. Cleary
7. Survival Processing, Attention, and Interference / Stephanie Kazanas
8. Cognitive and Social Factors in the Study of Survival Memory / Eileen M. Dacey
9. Survival Processing Does Not Improve Paired-Associate Learning / Brock R. Brothers.
10. Proximate Cognitive Mechanisms Underlying the Survival Processing Effect / Meike Kroneisen
Section 3 Adaptive Memory in Distinctive Populations
11. Memory Errors in Adaptive Recollections / Johan van Beers
12. The Adaptive Value of Survival Processing in Childhood Trauma Victims / Tom Smeets
13. Recognizing Others: Adaptive Changes to Person Recognition Throughout the Lifespan / Fiona N. Newell
14. Perceptual Versus Conceptual Memory Processes in a Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) / Kelly W. Mosteller
15. The Development of Adaptive Memory / David F. Bjorklund
16. Adaptive Memory: Controversies and Future Directions / James S. Nairne.