Memory
Academic Press
2nd Edition
Published on 19. March 1999
Book
Hardback
564 pages
978-0-12-102570-0 (ISBN)
Description
Authored by researchers in cognitive psychology, this handbook is a reference tool for all cognitive psychologists and interested professionals. It provides a synopsis of the research and literature in this field, including chapters on basic theory. The text discusses storage and access of information in both short-term and long-term memory; how we control, monitor, and enhance memory; individual differences in mnemonic ability; and the processes of retrieval and retention, including eye-witness testimony, and training and instruction.
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
b&w illustrations, index
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
994 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-102570-0 (9780121025700)
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Memory
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09/1996
Academic Press
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Content
Overview of human memory - structures, processes, and the flow of information, H. Pashler and M. Carrier, conscious and unconscious forms of memory, C.M. Kelley and D.S. Lindsay; transient memories - sensory and perceptual storage - data and theory, D.W. Massaro and G.R. Loftus, short-term/working memory, J.S. Nairne; storing information in long-term memory imagery and visual-spatial representations, L.A. Cooper and J.M. Lang, autobiographical memory, M.A. Conway; accessing information in long-term memory - retrieval processes, H.L. Roediger,III, and M.J. Guynn, interference and inhibition in memory retrieval, M.C. Anderson and J.H. Neely; monitoring and controlling our memories - distributing and managing the conditions of encoding and practice, F.N. Dempster, mnemonic methods to enhance storage and retrieval, F.S. Bellezza, metacognitive processes, J. Metcalfe; differences across individuals - individual differences in memory, D.A. Bors and C.M. MacLeod, memory and ageing, L.L. Light; memory for real-world events and information - retrieval processes and witness memory, C.C. Chandler and R.P. Fisher, the long-term retention of training and instruction, A.F. Healy and G.P. Sinclair.