Memory (Handbook of Perception and Cognition) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0121025705 ISBN 13: 9780121025700

Publisher: Academic Press Inc, 1999

Synopsis

Authored by researchers in cognitive psychology, this handbook is a reference tool for all cognitive psychologists and interested professionals. It provides a synopsis of the research and literature in this field, including chapters on basic theory. The text discusses storage and access of information in both short-term and long-term memory; how we control, monitor, and enhance memory; individual differences in mnemonic ability; and the processes of retrieval and retention, including eye-witness testimony, and training and instruction.

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Review:

"Memory provides a wonderful, readable, and current overview of the human memory and cognition field. Each chapter links important historical work with current findings, concepts, and methods.... Clearly, the breadth of this book should make it an important resource for all investigators in the field of human cognition."
--G.C. Gamst, University of La Verne, California, in CHOICE

From the Back Cover:

Memory provides an excellent synopsis of the research and literature in the field, including comprehensive chapters on basic theory. The text discusses storage and access of information in both short-term and long-term memory; how we control, monitor, and enhance memory; individual differences in mnemonic ability; and the processes of retrieval and retention, including eyewitness testimony and training and instruction.

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0121025705
• ISBN 13: 9780121025700
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 564
• Editor: Bjork Elizabeth Ligon, Bjork Robert A.