Memory and Emotion – Interdisciplinary Perspectives: New Perspectives in Cognitive Psychology

Memory and Emotion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives is a collection of original articles, written by leading researchers, in one of the fastest-growing areas in psychology. The chapters explore cutting-edge research in memory and emotion, and discuss relevant findings, methodological techniques, and theoretical advances.

The collection covers many of the current hot topics in the field, such as the effects of stress, arousal, anxiety, and depression on memory; the influence of discrete emotions on memory; dissociative amnesia and post-traumatic stress disorder; false, recovered, and traumatic memories; flashbulb memories; the use of emotional memories in therapy; the influence of emotion on autobiographical memory; emotion/memory interactions across the adult lifespan; and neural correlates of these and other phenomena.

Memory and Emotion covers contemporary advances in research on memory and emotion by emphasizing cognitive neuroscience, psychopathology, and aging, and will be essential reading for students, researchers, and scholars in the field.