Memory
Foundations and Applications
1st Edition
Published on 29. September 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
504 pages
978-1-4129-7253-6 (ISBN)
Description
Covering cognitive experiments, patients with memory disorders, the areas of the brain involved in memory, and the cognitive theory that links this research together, Memory: Foundations and Applications offers a unique emphasis on how an understanding of the science of memory can be applied to education, police investigations, courtrooms, memory clinics, and everyday life. In addition, this innovative book shows students how to use these principles to improve their own ability to learn and remember.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 187 mm
Weight
822 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4129-7253-6 (9781412972536)
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Person
Bennett L. Schwartz received his PhD in 1993 from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Since
then he has been at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida, where he is currently professor
of psychology. He is author or editor of 10 published books as well as over 70 journal articles and
chapters. His textbook Memory: Foundations and Applications, fourth edition (SAGE), was published in
2020. He has won several teaching awards at FIU and currently teaches courses in memory, cognition,
and sensation and perception. His main research area is metacognition and memory, but he has also
conducted research in diverse areas that range from visual perception to evolutionary psychology, to
the language of thought, and to memory in nonhuman primates. Schwartz currently serves as the editor
in chief of New Ideas in Psychology.
then he has been at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida, where he is currently professor
of psychology. He is author or editor of 10 published books as well as over 70 journal articles and
chapters. His textbook Memory: Foundations and Applications, fourth edition (SAGE), was published in
2020. He has won several teaching awards at FIU and currently teaches courses in memory, cognition,
and sensation and perception. His main research area is metacognition and memory, but he has also
conducted research in diverse areas that range from visual perception to evolutionary psychology, to
the language of thought, and to memory in nonhuman primates. Schwartz currently serves as the editor
in chief of New Ideas in Psychology.
Content
Chapter 1 - Introduction to the Study of Memory
Chapter 2 - Memory and the Brain
Chapter 3 - Working Memory
Chapter 4 - Episodic Memory
Chapter 5 - Semantic Memory and Lexical Memory
Chapter 6 - Visual Memory
Chapter 7 - Autobiographical Memory
Chapter 8 - False Memory
Chapter 9 - Metamemory
Chapter 10 - Memory Disorders
Chapter 11 - Memory in Childhood
Chapter 12 - Memory in Older Adults
Chapter 13 - Memory Improvement: A User's Guide
Chapter 2 - Memory and the Brain
Chapter 3 - Working Memory
Chapter 4 - Episodic Memory
Chapter 5 - Semantic Memory and Lexical Memory
Chapter 6 - Visual Memory
Chapter 7 - Autobiographical Memory
Chapter 8 - False Memory
Chapter 9 - Metamemory
Chapter 10 - Memory Disorders
Chapter 11 - Memory in Childhood
Chapter 12 - Memory in Older Adults
Chapter 13 - Memory Improvement: A User's Guide