Memory in a Social Context: Brain, Mind, and Society

✍ Scribed by Takashi Tsukiura, Satoshi Umeda (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Japan
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 325
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book explores new points of view of human memory in the link among mind, brain, and society. Research of human memory traditionally has been in the field of experimental psychology, and a number of psychological researchers have come upon important findings regarding human memory. They have provided critical theories to explain human memory processes, but this approach is hitting a brick wall. The experimental psychological approach or laboratory-based approach to human memory functions is examined in a very controlled environment, but the evidence obtained from this approach may not necessarily reflect real-life events in our mind. In addition, findings from experimental psychology have often ignored the link with biological structures, or the brain. One solution is a cognitive neuroscience approach, in which functional neuroimaging techniques have enabled us to view how memory processes are represented in the brain. In addition, the new approach extends the traditional concept of human memory into a wider framework by reconsidering memory functions in a social context. These advanced approaches help us to understand how “social memory” is represented in the human brain and is processed in real-life situations. The work reported in this volume is at the forefront of cognitive neuroscience in the research of human memory in a social context and the potential application of memory research. This book will help to motivate young scientists and graduate and undergraduate students in psychology and neuroscience.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-viii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
Experimental Psychology Approaches to Human Memory (Hiroyuki Shimizu)....Pages 3-14
Functional Neuroimaging Approaches to Human Memory (Junichi Chikazoe, Seiki Konishi)....Pages 15-24
Front Matter ....Pages 25-25
Psychological and Neural Functions of Working Memory in Social Contexts (Yukio Maehara)....Pages 27-42
Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Effects of Emotional Arousal on Memory (Nilgun Turkileri, Michiko Sakaki)....Pages 43-55
Current Issues and Emerging Directions in the Impact of Emotion on Memory: A Review of Evidence from Brain Imaging Investigations (Florin Dolcos, Yuta Katsumi, Ekaterina Denkova, Mathias Weymar, Sanda Dolcos)....Pages 57-101
Modulatory Mechanism of Three-Layered Hierarchical Structure in Memories Associated with Rewards and Punishments (Yayoi Shigemune, Takashi Tsukiura)....Pages 103-118
The Self-Trait Evaluation Task: Exodus from the Cortical Midline Structure Dogma (Motoaki Sugiura)....Pages 119-145
Voluntary Suppression and Involuntary Repression: Brain Mechanisms for Forgetting Unpleasant Memories (Hirokazu Kikuchi, Nobuhito Abe)....Pages 147-164
The Impact of Interoception on Memory (Yuri Terasawa, Satoshi Umeda)....Pages 165-178
Functional Neuroimaging Studies of Autobiographical Memory Retrieval: Past, Present, and Future (Donna Rose Addis, Kristina Wiebels, Aleea L. Devitt)....Pages 179-203
Front Matter ....Pages 205-205
Development of Recognition Memory for Faces During Infancy (Yumiko Otsuka)....Pages 207-225
Brain Maturation and Aging: Large Brain MRI Database (Yasuyuki Taki)....Pages 227-238
Behavioral and Neural Mechanisms for Memory in Social Contexts (Laura E. Paige, Angela H. Gutchess)....Pages 239-250
Structural and Functional Changes of Brain Due to Childhood Maltreatment and Adversity (Akemi Tomoda, Shinichiro Takiguchi, Koji Shimada, Takashi X. Fujisawa)....Pages 251-266
Front Matter ....Pages 267-267
Benefits of “Smart Ageing” Interventions Using Cognitive Training, Brain Training Games, Exercise, and Nutrition Intake for Aged Memory Functions in Healthy Elderly People (Rui Nouchi, Ryuta Kawashima)....Pages 269-280
Cultural Psychology as a Form of Memory Research (Masataka Nakayama, Yoshiyuki Ueda, Pamela Marie Taylor, Hitoshi Tominaga, Yukiko Uchida)....Pages 281-295
Memory Practice in Society: Eyewitness Memory in Children and Forensic Interviews (Makiko Naka)....Pages 297-308
Social Ageing, Informatization, and Cognitive Tasks Required for Human Memory in Daily Lives: Problems Observed in a Usability Test for Home-Use Medical Equipment (Etsuko T. Harada)....Pages 309-327

✦ Subjects

Neurosciences