Memory in the Cerebral Cortex: An Empirical Approach to Neural Networks in the Human and Nonhuman Primate

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Summary: A Comprehensive & Direct Understanding of Memory Formation.
Review: Dr. Joaquin Fuster, in Memory in the Cerebral Cortex : An Empirical Approach to Neural Networks in the Human and Nonhuman Primate, has organized and integrated a wealth of neurobiological and neuropsychological information concerning cortical memory processing and formation. He provides the reader with a clear and succinct understanding of how the cerebral cortex processes information for ultimate storage into memory. The book starts with an overview of cortical specialization of function and then examines developmental issues and memory formation, different models for understanding memory networks, provides a detailed, but concise, description of perceptual and motor memory organization, examines the dynamics of cortical memory retrieval and attention, as well as the phenomenology of memory. In response to this book's thorough and concise presentation, I highly recommend its review by the many professionals who study and work with cortical memory.