Download or read book What Is Adaptive about Adaptive Memory? written by Bennett L. Schwartz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human memory, like other biological systems, has been subject to natural selection over the course of evolution. The goal of this volume is to present the best theoretical and empirical work on the adaptive nature of memory. The volume features current and relevant work of cognitive, developmental, and comparative psychologists.