Human Memory
5th Edition
Published on 8. December 2025
692 pages
978-1-040-43209-9 (ISBN)
Description
Beginning with the history of memory, the first section explores basic methodology and neuroscience. The second section examines the key topics of memory, such as sensory memories and mechanisms of forgetting, along with coverage of short-term, nondeclarative, episodic, and semantic memory processing. The third section focuses on specialized topics such as amnesia, memory for space and time, autobiographical memory, memory and reality, memory and the law, metamemory, and formal models of memory. Instructors could pick which of these chapters best fit the goals of their course.
New to this edition:
Additional coverage of the replication crisis
Increased focus on contemporary studies alongside classic cases
More on diversity in memory research
Coverage of the impact of AI on our understanding of memory
Updated instructor and student resources, including PowerPoint slides and exam questions
The book highlights the application of memory theory and findings to everyday experience, presents in-depth explorations of studies, and provides opportunities for students to explore the assessment of memory in more laboratory-based settings.
Packed full of student-friendly pedagogy including study questions, Stop and Review and Try It Out sections, Study in Depth text boxes, and more, Human Memory, 5th Edition is an essential companion for all students of human memory.
New to this edition:
Additional coverage of the replication crisis
Increased focus on contemporary studies alongside classic cases
More on diversity in memory research
Coverage of the impact of AI on our understanding of memory
Updated instructor and student resources, including PowerPoint slides and exam questions
The book highlights the application of memory theory and findings to everyday experience, presents in-depth explorations of studies, and provides opportunities for students to explore the assessment of memory in more laboratory-based settings.
Packed full of student-friendly pedagogy including study questions, Stop and Review and Try It Out sections, Study in Depth text boxes, and more, Human Memory, 5th Edition is an essential companion for all students of human memory.
Reviews / Votes
Praise for the Fourth Edition"Human Memory has an unconventional and appealing organization. It covers critical topics that are omitted from most textbooks and weaves historical and modern research together into a format that will serve well for both beginning and advanced study of the topic. Most importantly, it covers both the theoretical and the applied side of human memory research, making it a valuable resource for understanding how and where the formal study of human memory fits into the social sciences more broadly."
Aaron S. Benjamin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.
"This is an impressive text: Comprehensive, well-written and sure to be a winner. Radvansky provides a great blend of classic and contemporary research and the pedagogical features built into the book will be helpful for students."
Henry L. Roediger III, Washington University in St. Louis, U.S.A.
More details
Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
13 Tables, color; 170 Line drawings, color; 40 Halftones, color; 210 Illustrations, color
File size
40,49 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-43209-9 (9781040432099)
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Person
Gabriel A. Radvansky received his BA from Cleveland State University under the supervision of Mark Ashcraft and Ben Wallace, and his MA and PhD from Michigan State University in 1992 under the supervision of Rose T. Zacks. He has been a faculty member in the Department of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame since 1993. He is an expert in human memory with over 100 publications. He has served as associated editor for the journals Memory & Cognition, the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, and Collabra.
Content
Part I Background 1 Overview and History of Memory Research 2 Neuroscience of Memory 3 Methods and Principles Part II Core Memory Topics 4 Sensory and Short-Term Memory 5 Working Memory 6 Nondeclarative Memory 7 Episodic Memory: Past and Future 8 Forgetting 9 Semantic Memory Part III Special Topics in Memory 10 Forms of Amnesia 327 11 Memory for Space and Time 12 Autobiographical Memory 13 Memory and Reality 14 Memory and the Law 15 Metamemory 16 Memory in Infancy and Childhood 17 Memory and Aging 18 Formal Models of Memory APPENDIX A Memory Methods APPENDIX B Brodmann Areas
