The creation and consolidation of a memory can rest on the integration of any number of possibly disparate features and contexts - colour, sound, emotion, arousal, context. How is it that these bind together to form a coherent memory? What is the role of binding in memory formation? What are the neural processes that underlie binding? Do these binding processes change with age? This book offers an unrivalled overview of one of the most debated hotspots of modern memory research: binding. It contains 28 chapters on binding in different domains of memory, presenting classic research from the field of cognitive neuroscience. It is written by renowned scientists and leaders in the field who have made fundamental contributions to the rapidly expanding field of neurocognitive memory research. As well as presenting a state-of-the-art account of recent views on binding and its importance for remembering, it also includes a review of recent publications in the area, of benefit to both students and active researchers. More than just a survey, it supplies the reader with an integrative view on binding in memory, fostering deep insights not only into the processes and their determinants, but also into the neural mechanisms enabling these processes. The content also encompasses a wide range of binding-related topics, including feature binding, the binding of items and contexts during encoding and retrieval, the specific roles of familiarity and recollection, as well as task- and especially age-related changes in these processes. A major section is dedicated to in-depth analyses of underlying neural mechanisms, focusing on both medial temporal and prefrontal structures. Computational approaches are covered as well. For all students and researchers in memory, the book will not only enhance their understanding of binding, but will instigate innovative and pioneering ideas for future research.

1. Introduction - Levels of binding: types, mechanisms and functions of binding in remembering, Hubert D Zimmer, Axel Mecklinger & Ulman Lindenberger Section I - Neural Mechanisms of Binding 2. Memory binding in hippocampal relational networks, Howard Eichenbaum 3. Part or parcel? Contextual binding of events in episodic memory, Iris Trinkler, John King, Hugo Spiers & Neil Burgess 4. Adaptive binding, Don M Tucker & Phan Luu 5. Binding principles in the theta frequency range, Wolfgang Klimesch 6. Relationship between event-related potentials and oscillatory dynamics in episodic retrieval, Emrah Durzel, Markus Neufang & Sebastian Guderian 7. Rhinal-hippocampal contribution to declarative memory formation, Guillen Fernandez & Jurgen Fell Section II - A Computational Approach to Mechanisms of Binding 8. Neural mechanisms of binding in the hippocampus and neocortex: insights from computational models, Daniel M Cer & Randall C O'Reilly 9. The memory chain model of learning, forgetting and disorders of long-term memory, Jaap Murre, Gezinus Wolters & Antonio Raffone 10. The role of time in human memory and binding: a review of the evidence, Gordon Brown & Teresa McCormack 11. Aging deficits in neuromodulation of representational distinctiveness and conjunctive binding: computational explorations of possible links, Shu-chen Li & Ulman Lindenberger Section III - Binding in Perception and Knowledge Representation 12. Object tokens, binding and visual memory, Anne Treisman 13. Psychophysiological evidence for binding and unbinding arithmetic knowledge representations, Frank Rosler, Kerstin Jost & Michael Niedeggen 14. Motivated binding: top-down influences in the encoding of compound objects, Andreas Voss, Klaus Rothermund & Jochen Brandstadter 15. Brain correlates of binding processes of emotion and memory, Esther Fujiwara & Hans J Markowitsch Section IV - Binding Processes during Retrieval 16. Associations and dissociations in recognition memory systems, Malcolm W Brown & Clea Warburton 17. Unpacking explicit memory: the contribution of recollection and familiarity, Joel R Quamme, Andrew P Yonelinas & Neal E A Kroll 18. ERP explorations of dual processes in recognition memory, Tim Curran, Katharine L Tepe & Carley Piatt 19. Mnemonic binding in the medial temporal lobe, Barbara Knowlton & Laura Eldridge 20. Functional imaging studies of intentional and incidental reactivation: implications for the binding problem, Lars Nyberg 21. Binding memory fragments together to form declarative memories depends on cross-cortical storage, Ken A Paller 22. Retrieval inhibition in episodic recall: effects on feature binding, Karl-Heinz Bauml Section V - Binding in the Aging Brain 23. Remembering items and their contexts: effects of aging and divided attention, Fergus I M Craik 24. Prefrontal and medial temporal lobe contributions to relational memory in young and older adults, Roberto Cabeza 25. Binding of memories: adult-age differences and the effects of divided attention in young on episodic memory, Moshe Naveh-Benjamin 26. Binding of source and content: new directions revealed by neuropsychological and age-related effects, Mark A McDaniel, Karin M Butler & Courtney C Dornburg 27. Age-associated changes in episodic memory: event-related potential (ERP) investigations of recollection and familiarity, David Friedman 28. Episodic memory impairment in preclinical Alzheimer's disease, Brent J Small & Lars Backman