Francis Eustache, a doctor in psychology, has been a director of research at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE) since 2011. For more than ten years, he has directed the unit ‘Cognitive Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroanatomy in Human Memory’ at the University of Caen. He has directed the Neuroscience Imaging and Research Centre, in Caen, since 2013.
Bérengère Guillery is a senior lecturer at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes and a member of the unit on ‘Cognitive Neuropsychology and Functional Neuroanatomy in Human Memory’ at the University of Caen.

Memory develops progressively from early childhood till late adolescence. But the process is fragile, and in the course of its development memory can face various types of dysfunction — whether pathological or not, permanent or temporary — which may impact the learning process and academic life in general.
In six chapters, illustrated with numerous examples, this book offers new data, based on recent research, plus a complete re-examination of the development of memory during childhood, to enable parents and teachers to give each child the best possible shot at academic success.

• A thorough review of the latest research on the functional mechanisms of memory, their progressive development during childhood, and on how the brain continues to mature till late adolescence.
• An accessible book for the non-specialist who wishes to understand how memory is organised: the main systems, the various phases of all mnemonic activities, the anatomical foundations of memory, the neurobiological mechanisms underlying brain development and its main phases.