Table of Contents

Preface.- Introductory Module.- CHAPTER 1 Fundamental Themes in the Psychology of Learning and Memory.- CHAPTER 2 The Neuroscience of Learning and Memory: Learning Module.- CHAPTER 3 Habituation, Sensitization, and Familiarization: Learning About Repeated Events.- CHAPTER 4 Classical Conditioning: Learning to Predict Significant Events.- CHAPTER 5 Operant Conditioning: Learning the Outcome of Behaviors.- CHAPTER 6 Generalization, Discrimination Learning, and Concept Formation: Memory Module.- CHAPTER 7 Episodic and Semantic Memory: Memory for Events and for Facts.- CHAPTER 8 Skill Memory: Learning by Doing.- CHAPTER 9 Working Memory and Cognitive Control: Integrative Topics Module.- CHAPTER 10 Emotional Influences on Learning and Memory.- CHAPTER 11 Social Learning and Memory: Observing, Interacting, and Reenacting.- CHAPTER 12 Development and Aging: Learning and Memory Across the Lifespan.

About the Author

Mark A. Gluck is a Professor of Neuroscience and Public Health at Rutgers University–Newark and Director of the Rutgers Aging and Brain Health Alliance.
Eduardo Mercado is a Professor of Psychology and of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, as well as Director of the Center for Cognitive Science at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. 
Catherine E. Myers is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience at the New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, as well as a Research Scientist with the Department of Veterans Affairs, New Jersey Health Care System.