Frank Amthor, PhD, Professor of Psychology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, author, Neuroscience for Dummiesĭingman weaves classic studies with modern research into easily digestible sections, to provide an excellent primer on the rapidly advancing field of neuroscience. Explicit memory, also known as declarative memory is a type of long-term memory in which we store memories of fact. a highly readable and accessible introduction to the operation of the brain and current issues in neuroscience. Dean Burnett, PhD, author, Happy Brain and Idiot Brain Amnesia Anterograde/retrograde amnesia Clive Wearing case study Implicit/explicit memory Procedural/declarative memory Working memory systems Central. Louis), author, Origins of NeuroscienceĪn informative, accessible and engaging book for anyone who has even the slightest interest in how the brain works, but doesn’t know where to begin. For this purpose, tests of verbal and visuo-perceptual explicit memory, verbal and visual repetition priming as well as procedural learning tasks were. Stanley Finger, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Washington University (St.

Reading like a collection of detective stories, Your Brain, Explained combines classic cases in the history of neurology with findings stemming from the latest techniques used to probe the brain’s secrets.