ABSTRACT
The concept of m emory consolidation-the idea that memory changes with the passage of time after learning-has been discussed and debated throughout this century in the disciplines o f experim ental psychology, physiological psychology, and neuropsychology. W hat is striking about these various inquiries is that each has had its own developm ental history and that there has seldom been good correspondence am ong the disciplines in how memory consolidation should be viewed. It will be our contention here that converging evidence from all three disciplines now perm its a new and coherent view o f memory consolidation. This chapter presents evidence that m emory changes for a long time after learning and describes a new fram ework in which the concept o f m emory consolidation can be placed.
