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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Alan D Baddeley |
| ISBN: | 0863775454 9780863775451 0863775446 9780863775444 |
| OCLC Number: | 40928178 |
| Description: | xi, 356 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | What is memory? -- The physical basis of memory -- How psychologists study memory -- The nature of human memory -- How many kinds of memory? -- Short-term memory -- Digit span -- Chunking -- Short-term forgetting -- Free recall -- Are short-term and long-term memory separate systems? -- Acoustic cues -- Short-term memory store -- Levels of processing -- Working memory -- Capacity and limitations -- The phonological loop system -- The visuo-spatial sketch pad -- The central executive -- Learning -- Rate of learning -- Distributed practice -- Motivation to learn -- Learning and arousal -- Memory and anaesthesia -- Repetition and learning -- Meaning and memory -- Learning and predictability -- Implicit learning -- Organising and remembering -- Remembering stories -- The role of organisation -- Visual imagery mnemonics -- Supernormal imagery -- Mnemonists and memory feats -- Forgetting -- The forgetting curve -- Memory for events -- Do we forget skills? -- Resistance to forgetting -- Theories of forgetting -- Sleep and memory -- Interference and forgetting -- Accessing the memory trace -- Repression -- Forgetting what is unpleasant -- Hysterical amnesia -- Multiple personality -- Child abuse -- Storing knowledge -- Storing simple concepts -- Schemata -- Scripts -- The nature of semantic memory: Words, images, or propositions? -- Learning new concepts -- Disorders of semantic memory -- The organisation of semantic memory -- Retrieval -- Learning to retrieve -- "On the tip of the tongue." |
| Series Title: | Cognitive psychology. |
| Responsibility: | Alan D. Baddeley. |
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The book is based on Baddeley's previous popular book, 'Your Memory: A User's Guide', and he has managed to retain the chatty, interactive style of that book whilst increasing the academic content considerably. The result is a book that will entrap the reader into trying out the numerous 'memory tests' whilst learning about memory research at the same time. The author has clearly put his vast knowledge about memory, learning, and retention to good use when constructing this book! - Jenni A. Ogden, University of Auckland, in The Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society If forced to compile a list of the most influential memory psychologists of recent years, Alan Baddeley would certainly be a consensus pick ... it goes without saying that when Alan Baddeley writes a memory book, people will (and should) listen ... Students will love the style, particularly the stories and the practical examples ... All of the 'essentials' of memory are provided, and the student is likely to leave the course with a solid understanding of traditional memory theory. - James S. Naime, Purdue University, in APA Review of Books Read more...
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