Takashi Tsukiura, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Cognitive and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Japan

Satoshi Umeda, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychology, Keio University, Japan

Presents an extended concept of memory research into the potential applications in our society

Discusses the potential link between basic and clinical/application stages in human memory research

Provides advanced research findings in this field with contributions from young scientists as well as senior scientists

Serves as a guide for readers in following and remembering critical topics presented by established researchers

Provides recent novel findings in human memory research, based on a cognitive neuroscience approach

Part I Basic Approach for Human Memory.- 1 Experimental Psychology Approaches to Human Memory.- 2 Functional Neuroimaging Approaches to Human Memory.- Part II Interacting Mechanisms of Human Memory with Social Cognition.- 3 Psychological and Neural Functions of Working Memory in Social Contexts.- 4 Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Effects of Emotional Arousal on Memory.- 5 Current Issues and Emerging Directions in the Impact of Emotion on Memory: A Review of Evidence from Brain Imaging Investigations.- 6 Modulatory Mechanism of Three-Layered Hierarchical Structure in Memories Associated with Rewards and Punishments: Evidence from Functional Neuroimaging Studies.- 7 The Self-Trait Evaluation Task: Exodus from the Cortical Midline Structure Dogma.- 8 Voluntary Suppression and Involuntary Repression: Brain Mechanisms for Forgetting Unpleasant Memories.- 9 The Impact of Interoception on Memory.- 10 Functional Neuroimaging Studies of Autobiographical M