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Do brains and societies remember alike? Or forget in the same way?

Individual and Collective Memory Consolidation

Analogous Processes on Different Levels

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    346 pages

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    2 November 2021

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Summary

An argument that individuals and collectives form memories by analogous processes and a case study of collective retrograde amnesia.

We form individual memories by a process known as consolidation—the conversion of immediate and fleeting bits of information into a stable and accessible representation of facts and events. These memories provide a version of the past that helps us navigate the present and is critical to individual identity. In this book, Thomas Anastasio, Kristen Ann Eh…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262544009
ISBN-10:0262544008
Author:Thomas J. Anastasio, Kristen Ann Ehrenberger, Patrick Watson, Wenyi Zhang
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:346
Release Date:2 November 2021
Weight:454g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
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Critics Review

Individual and Collective Memory Consolidation constitutes… a clear and well-structured model of memory formation that bridges the gap between individual and collective memory studies…. Because of its clarity, erudition, and constant use of examples, it is apt and very informative for a general public interested in memory issues.

–Metapsychology

What this book does, and does very well, is establish a firm and consistent analogy between individual and collective memory consolidation…. The cognitive scientist’s analytical insights into personal memory formation prove applicable at the group level, while cultural theorists’ more intuitive work in collective memory can, in turn, offer a vocabulary and model for describing brain states. The four authors… set themselves a herculean task in aiming to delineate a full-fledged analogy between these two kinds of memory, and they have more than met their own demands…. This is not only a compelling volume on memory, it is also a model of what interdisciplinary scholarship can be.

–H-Net Reviews

About The Author

Thomas J. Anastasio

Thomas J. Anastasio is Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and member of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Kristen Ann Ehrenberger is an M.D./Ph.D. candidate in History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Patrick Watson is a Ph.D. candidate in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Wenyi Zhang is a Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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