Brain and Behaviour 3: Memory Mechanisms (Penguin Modern Psychology)

Pribram, K.H. (Ed)

Penguin, 1969 1st Edition

Paperback, 524pp.

Part three of a four-volume series presenting the most recent research, with historical and philosophical context, into the relationships between brain and behaviour.

This volume is concerned entirely with problems of memory, dealing with both the storage of experience and its retrieval. Special attention is given to the brain's organization of the mechanisms of recall.

Includes an extensive section of photographic plates in the centre of the book, mostly of highly magnified brain tissue. The book is made up of 22 papers by numerous contributors, and is organised into three parts: The Memory Store, The Nature of Engrams, and The Organisation of Recall.

Good condition paperback, very tanned pages with creasing / chipping along spine, and with other general wear. Binding intact. Pencil price notation.