Human Learning: Biology, Brain, And Neuroscience

HUMAN LEARNING Biology, Brain, and Neuroscience ADVANCES IN PSYCHOLOGY Volume 139 Editor M. GUADAGNOLI HUMAN LEARNING Biology, Brain, and Neuroscience Edited by Aaron S. BENJAMIN University of Illinois, USA J. Steven DE BELLE University of Nevada, USA Bruce ETNYRE Rice University, USA Thad A. POLK University of Michigan, USA Amsterdam • Boston • Heidelberg • London • New York • Oxford • Paris San Diego • San Francisco • Singapore • Sydney • Tokyo North-Holland is an imprint of Elsevier North-Holland is an imprint of Elsevier 525 B Street, Suite 1900, San Diego, California 92101-4495, USA The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK Radarweg 29, PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam, The Netherlands First edition 2008 Copyright  2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publisher Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone (+44) (0) 1865 843830; fax (+44) (0) 1865 853333; email: [email protected] Alternatively you can submit your request online by visiting the Elsevier web site at http://elsevier.com/locate/permissions, and selecting Obtaining permission to use Elsevier material Notice No responsibility is assumed by the publisher for any injury and/or damage to persons or property as a matter of products liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use or operation of any methods, products, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein. Because of rapid advances in the medical sciences, in particular, independent verification of diagnoses and drug dosages should be made British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress ISBN-13: 978-0-444-52080-7 ISSN: 0166-4115 (Series) For information on all North-Holland publications visit our website at elsevierdirect.com Printed and bound in Great Britain 08 09 10 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Working together to grow libraries in developing countries www.elsevier.com | www.bookaid.org | www.sabre.org v Contents Preface ix Contributors xi Part I: Human Learning and Cognition Introduction: Behavioral Approaches to the Study of Human Learning and Memory A. S. Benjamin The Role of Inhibition in Learning J. C. Hulbert & M. C. Anderson 3 7 Short- vs. Long-Term Memory I. Neath & A. M. Surprenant 21 Hemispheric Asymmetries in Verbal Memory K. M. Evans & K. D. Federmeier 33 Emotional Facilitation and Disruption of Memory S. L. Warren, G. A. Miller, & W. Heller 45 Scheduling and Learning D. A. Simon 61 Part II: Cognitive Neuroscience Introduction: Cognitive Neuroscience of Learning and Memory T. Polk The Computational Cognitive Neuroscience of Learning and Memory: Principles and Models L. I. Newman & T. A. Polk 75 77 vi Contents Cognitive Neuroscience of Skill Acquisition J. Bo, J. Langan, & R. D. Seidler 101 Cognitive Neuroscience of Declarative and Nondeclarative Memory P. J. Reber 113 Learning and Memory for Emotional Events A. S. Atkins & P. A. Reuter-Lorenz 125 Age Differences in Memory: Demands on Cognitive Control and Association Process