Table of Contents

PART I: INTRODUCTION MODULE The Psychology of Learning and Memory The Neuroscience of Learning and Memory PART II: LEARNING MODULE Habituation, Sensitization, and Familiarization: Learning about Repeated Events Classical Conditioning: Learning to Predict Important Events Operant Conditioning: Learning the Outcome of Behaviors Generalization and Discrimination Learning PART III: MEMORY MODULE Episodic and Semantic Memory: Memory for Facts and Events Skill Memory: Learning by Doing Working Memory and Cognitive Control PART IV: INTEGRATIVE TOPICS MODULE Emotional Influences on Learning and Memory Social Learning and Memory: Observing, Interacting, and Reenacting Development and Aging: Learning and Memory across the Lifespan

About the Author

MARK A. GLUCK is Professor of Neuroscience at Rutgers University, Newark, USA. EDUARDO MERCADO is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, USA. CATHERINE E. MYERS is Research Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at Rutgers University, Newark, USA.