Authors:

Editor: John T. Wixted (Ed.)

• ISBN: 9780443157547
• Published: July 14, 2025 – 3rd Edition, Four-Volume Set
• Format: Hardback, 4-volume reference, 2,400 pages
• Language: English
• Publisher: Academic Press (Elsevier)

Description:

Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference, Third Edition is a four-volume, 2,400-page work that brings together leading experts to explain how learning and memory are encoded, stored and expressed in the brain. It integrates molecular, cellular, systems and cognitive neuroscience, offering one of the most complete resources available on the topic for researchers and advanced students in neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry, neurobiology and neurology.

This updated edition reflects major advances in the field, from synaptic plasticity and epigenetic regulation to computational models, memory systems, working memory, emotion and memory, aging, and eyewitness testimony. It is designed as a long-term reference for laboratories, graduate programs and memory research centers that need reliable, citable material across the full spectrum of learning and memory research.

Key Features:

• Four-volume, 3rd edition reference covering the full landscape of learning and memory research.
• Integrates neurobiology, computational neuroscience, systems neuroscience and cognitive psychology.
• Up-to-date chapters on molecular mechanisms, synaptic plasticity, neurogenesis and epigenetic regulation.
• Extensive coverage of memory systems, emotion and memory, PTSD, eyewitness memory and aging.
• Written by international leaders in neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry and neurobiology.
• Ideal as a core reference for labs, postgraduate programs, libraries and memory institutes.

Coverage:

I. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory – cellular and molecular mechanisms of learning and memory, including LTP/LTD, place and grid cells, cAMP–CREB signaling, epigenetic regulation, non-synaptic mechanisms, adult neurogenesis and emerging behavioral paradigms.

II. Computational and Theoretical Neuroscience – models of synaptic memory, large-scale neural recordings, reinforcement learning, motor memory, and neural oscillations and timing.

III. Systems Neuroscience – memory systems, declarative memory and amnesia, functional connectivity, emotion and fear, prefrontal and parietal contributions to working memory, conditioning, cerebellar learning, and consolidation, reconsolidation and sleep.

IV. Memory and Cognition – encoding and retrieval, mathematical models of memory, working and prospective memory, metamemory and déjà vu, development, aging, learning and education, false memory and eyewitness memory.

About the Authors:

Editor: John T. Wixted is a leading researcher in episodic memory, recognition memory and the neuroscience of memory. His work combines cognitive models with single-unit recordings in humans, with a particular focus on the reliability of eyewitness memory and the role of the hippocampus in episodic memory. He is based in the Department of Psychology at the University of California, San Diego.

Table of Contents:

The four volumes are organized into thematic sections that move from molecular and synaptic mechanisms to systems and cognitive perspectives. Chapters cover topics such as synaptic plasticity, place and grid cells, computational models of memory, memory systems, emotional memory, working memory, aging, and eyewitness testimony, providing a structured pathway through the entire field of learning and memory.

Why buy this book?

• Provides a single, authoritative source on learning and memory from molecules to behavior.
• Reduces the time spent searching scattered articles by consolidating expert reviews and chapters in one reference.
• Supports teaching, supervision and grant-writing with reliable, citable overviews of each major subfield.
• Strengthens neuroscience, psychology, psychiatry and neurology collections in universities and research institutes.
• Ideal for memory centers, labs and graduate programs that need a long-term, high-level reference work.

Keywords:

learning, memory, neuroscience, neurobiology, cognitive neuroscience, synaptic plasticity, long-term potentiation, LTP, LTD, hippocampus, amnesia, working memory, episodic memory, consolidation, reconsolidation, neurogenesis, epigenetics, computational neuroscience, reinforcement learning, emotion and memory, PTSD, eyewitness memory, aging and memory, developmental psychology, mathematical models of memory, cerebellum, conditioning, sleep and memory

Target Audience:

neuroscientists, cognitive scientists, psychologists, psychiatrists, neurologists, neurobiologists, postgraduate students, memory researchers, cognitive neuroscience labs, psychology departments, neuroscience departments, medical schools, research libraries, memory centers and institutes

Genre:

Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Psychology, Medicine, Academic Reference, Research Handbook

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