Table of Contents

An Interdisciplinary View of Memory, A New Approach to Viewing Memory, Zones of Convergence Between Different Sciences, Why Other Animals Lack Autobiographical Memory, Development of Autobiographical Memory and the Brain, Interdependent Development of Memory and Other Cognitive and Emotional Functions, Autobiographical Memory: A Lifelong Developmental Task, Development of Learning and Memory: The Prenatal Period and the First Months of Life, The First Quantum Leap in Memory Development: The Nine Months' Revolution, The Second Quantum Leap in Memory Development: Language. Exploring Autobiographical Memory in Young Children, Autobiographical Memory: A Continuity in Transformation, The Age at Which Memory Occurs: Results of an Interdisciplinary Research Project on Remembering and Memory, A Formative Theory of Memory Development, Memory at Advanced Ages, Autobiographical Memory: A Biocultural Relay Between the Individual and the Environment

About the Author

Janis Bohan is Professor of Psychology at Metropolitan State College, Denver. She is the editor of Seldom Seen,Rarely Heard: Women's Place in Psychology.

Reviews

"A welcome addition to the bookshelves of those studying the effect of sexual orientation on our lives...covers a wealth of theoretical and empirical material in highly accessible style and language." -- Psychology of WomenQuarterly