Mechanisms of Sensory Working Memory: Attention and Perfomance XXV - Hardcover

Pierre Jolicoeur

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0128110422 ISBN 13: 9780128110423

Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, 2016

Synopsis

Mechanisms of Sensory Working Memory: Attention and Performance XXV provides an update on research surrounding the memory processes that are crucial for many facets of cognitive processing and experience, with new coverage of emerging areas of study, including a new understanding of working memory for features of stimuli devoid of verbal, phonological, or long-term memory content, such as memory for simple visual features (e.g., texture or color), simple auditory features (e.g., pitch), or simple tactile features (e.g., vibration frequency), now called sensory memory to distinguish from verbal memory. This contemporary focus on sensory memory is just beginning, and this collection of original contributions provides a foundational reference for the study mechanisms of sensory memory. Students, scholars, and researchers studying memory mechanisms and processes in cognitive neuroscience, cognitive science, neuroscience, and psychology will find this book of great value to their work. * Introduces the study of sensory mechanisms of working memory as distinct from verbal memory* Covers visual memory, auditory memory, and tactile memory* Includes translational content as the breakdown of working memory is often associated with a disease, disorder, or trauma to the brain

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A focused, foundational reference concerning sensory working memory that goes beyond traditional books on the topic

About the Author:

Technology innovations may make it easier to stay in touch with friends, co-workers and clients, regardless of where you are, or to instantaneously access large amounts of data from around the world. These same innovations also create more demands for our attention, whether we are on the job or in our cars. At one level, psychologists use the term attention to describe the process of selecting one source of stimulation from among many. This type of attention is called "input attention" and can be guided by external signals, such as a sudden onset in the visual periphery, or by internal control. So-called "central attention" involves capacity limitations in post-perceptual categorization, decision making and other operations involving memory, such as encoding, maintenance and retrieval from short-term memory. Dr. Pierre Jolicour's work has involved both types of attention, and his new research will seek to increase our understanding of attention using psychophysical and chronometric methods. His overall goal is to understand the role of attention in human perception and thinking, as well as failures of attention, which can occur when a person is overloaded with too many inputs or tasks to carry out simultaneously. Dr. Jolicour's program follows three paths, including experimental cognitive psychology, computer simulations and modelling of cognitive processes, and brain imaging to determine how, when and why attention succeeds or fails. Beyond the direct fundamental science, Dr. Jolicour will continue a number of existing collaborations with systems designers in the fields of computing and telecommunications to help develop new generations of devices, such as wireless personal digital assistants, that can deliver information in an effective and safe way. One aspect that is of particular interest is the determination of the limitations on human consciousness to undertake multiple attention-demanding tasks such as driving a car while talking on a cellular telephone. Dr. Martinez-Trujillo is an associate professor at the departments of Physiology and Pharmacology and Psychiatry and a scientist at the Robarts Research Institute, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. He studied Medicine at the University of Havana, Cuba and continued pursuing his medical training in Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology at the Cuban Neuroscience Center. He continued his scientific training and obtained an MSc and PhD in Neurobiology at the Neurology Department of the University of T bingen, Germany. He came to Canada in 2000 to pursue postdoctoral training at the Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto. In 2004 he became a Canada Research Chair and assistant professor at McGill University Department of Physiology in Montreal, Canada. In 2014 he joined Western University as associate professor and Western Research Chair in Autism. Dr. Martinez-Trujillo's scientific work is dedicated to investigate the brain mechanisms underlying cognition, more specifically underlying the allocation of attention, and how these mechanisms fail during neurological and mental disease. His work has been published and acknowledged in prestigious scientific journal such as Nature, Nature Neuroscience, Neuron, Current Biology, amongst others.

About this edition

• Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0128110422
• ISBN 13: 9780128110423
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 312
• Editor: Pierre Jolicoeur, Christine Lefebvre, Julio Martinez-Trujillo