Functional Disorders of Memory (PLE Memory) [Hardcover]

Originally published in 1979, the chapters in this volume summarize the available knowledge pertaining to a variety of functional  as opposed to explicitly organic  amnesias and disruptions of memory. Each chapter is written by an expert, and each author has attempted to integrate his area of inquiry into the contemporary body of theory and research on memory and cognition. Functional memory disorders may prove to be a significant testing ground for current theorizing, and the study of these phenomena may provide insights into memory and cognition that might be obscured in the usual sorts of laboratory investigations. The intent of the volume is to contribute to the development of a more comprehensive account of the processes involved in remembering and forgetting. The reader will find bold new treatments of repression and childhood amnesia, systematic explorations of certain experimental amnesias, and challenging analyses of the anomalies of everyday memory, in this ground-breaking work of the time.

Ernest R. HilgardForeword.  Preface.  Part 1: Disordered and Anomalous Memory in Everyday Life  1. Graham ReedEveryday Anomolies of Recall and Recognition  2. Sheldon H. White and David B. PillemerChildhood Amnesia and the Development of a Socially Accessible Memory System  3. Norman E. SpearExperimental Analysis of Infantile Amnesia  4. David Schonfield and M.J. StonesRemembering and Aging  Part 2: Disrupted Memory in Special States of Consciousness  5. Ralph R. Miller and Nancy A. MarlinAmnesia Following Electroconvulsive Shock  6. John F. Kihlstrom and Frederick J. EvansMemory Retrieval Process During Posthypnotic Amnesia  7. Nilly AdamDisruption of Memory Functions Associated with General Anesthetics  8. David B. ls*