| Description |
xii, 451 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
What is memory? -- Short term memory -- Working memory -- Learning -- Organization -- Episodic memory : organizing and remembering -- Semantic memory and stored knowledge -- Autobiographical memory -- Retrieval -- Incidental forgetting -- Motivated forgetting -- Amnesia -- Memory in childhood -- Memory and aging -- Eyewitness testimony -- Prospective memory -- Improving your memory |
| Summary |
"This book presents a thorough, accessible, and appealing overview of the field, written with students in mind, by some of the world's leading researchers. It starts with a brief overview and explanation of the scientific approach to memory, before going on to discuss the basic characteristics of the various memory systems and how they work. Summaries of short-term and working memory are followed by chapters on learning, the role of organization in memory, the ways in which our knowledge of the world is stored, retrieval, and on intentional and motivated forgetting." "The latter half of the book involves the broader application of our basic understanding of memory, with chapters on autobiographical memory, amnesia, and on memory in childhood and aging, After chapters discussing eyewitness testimony and prospective memory, a final chapter addresses an issue of great importance to students - how to improve your memory."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [389]-425) and indexes |
| Subject |
Memory.
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Memory.
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| Author |
Eysenck, Michael W.
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Anderson, Mike.
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| LC no. |
2008034234 |
| ISBN |
9781848720015 paperback |
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9781848720008 hardback |
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1848720009 hardback |
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1848720017 paperback |
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