Theories of Memory

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Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1993-12-01
Publisher(s): Psychology Pr
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Summary

This is a collection of chapters by some of the most influential memory researchers. Chapters focus on a wide range of key areas of research. The main emphasis throughout the book is on theoretical issues and how they relate to existing empirical work. The contributions reveal that memory continues to be an important research area and they provide a state-of- the-art perspective on this central aspect of cognitive psychology.

Table of Contents

Working memory and conscious awareness
flexibility, structure and linguistic vagary in concepts - manifestations of a compositional system of perceptual symbols
the structure of autobiographical memory
systems and principles in memory theory - another critique of pure memory
recognizing and remembering
the practice of memory
the development of rehearsal - a working memory perspective
imagery and classification
MEM-memory subsystems as processes
problems and solutions in memory and cognition
is lexical processing just an ACT?
monitoring and gain control in an episodic memory model - relation to P300 event-related potentials
explaining the emergence of autobiographical memory in early childhood
understanding implicit memory - a cognitive neuroscience approach
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