Overview
Introduction
The Science of Memory
by Jeanene Swanson
Section 1: What Is Memory?
1.1 Why Is Memory so Good and so Bad?
by Julian DeFreitas
1.2 What Makes Something Memorable?
by Christof Koch
1.3 4 Things Most People Get Wrong about Memory
by Katherine Harmon
1.4 You Must Remember This … Because You Have no Choice
by Gary Stix
1.5 Speaking of Memory: Q&A with Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel
by Steve Ayan
Section 2: Anatomy of Memory
2.1 How Are Memories Saved?
by Michael Rugg
2.2 Short-term vs Long-term Memory
by Alison Preston
2.3 Making Memories Stick
by R. Douglas Fields
2.4 The Memory Code
by Joe Z. Tsien
2.5 Brain Cells for Grandmother
by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, Itzhak Fried and Chrisof Koch
2.6 A Feeling for the Past
by Ingfei Chen
Section 3: Learning and Memory
3.1 Building a Brainier Mouse
by Joe Z. Tsien
3.2 White Matter Matters
by R. Douglas Fields
3.3 Sleep on it
by Simon J. Makin
Section 4: Strange Cases: Amnesia, Hypnosis and Deja Vu
4.1 The Amnesia Gene
by Rajamannar Ramasubbu
4.2 Hypnosis, Memory and the Brain
by Amanda J. Barnier, Rochelle E. Cox and Greg Savage
4.3 Strangely Familiar
by Uwe Wolfradt
Section 5: Trauma
5.1 How Chronic Pain Affects Memory and Mood
by Stephani Sutherland
5.2 Memory Fades, but Emotion Endures
by Katherine Harmon
5.3 Creating False Memories
by Elizabeth F. Loftus
5.4 Erasing Painful Memories
by Jerry Adler
Section 6: Aging
6.1 Why Memory Fades with Age
by Nikhil Swaminathan
6.2 Memory Storage during Sleep Disrupted with Age
by Nikhil Swaminathan
6.3 Old Neurons, New Tricks
by Meehan Crist
6.4 Aerobic Exercise Improves Memory in Older Adults
by Katherine Harmon
6.5 Fit Body, Fit Mind?
by Christopher Hertzog, Arthur F. Kramer, Robert S. Wilson and Ulman Lindenberger
Section 7: Improving Memory
7.1 To Sleep, Perchance To Dream – and Learn
by Katherine Harmon
7.2 A Pill to Remember
by R. Douglas Fields
7.3 Trying to Forget
by Ingrid Wickelgren
7.4 Your Brain on Blueberries
by Mary Franz