Synopsis
This guidebook explains the human system for classifying, storing and retrieving information that exceeds the best computer in capacity, flexibility and speed. Yet the same system is so limited and unreliable that it cannot consistently remember a nine-figure telephone number long enough to dial it. This book explains how memory works, illustrating the central and important characteristics of human memory and its more intriguing byways. It also offers advice on how to sustain and improve one's capacity for memory. Professor Alan Baddeley is the author of "The Psychology of Memory" and "Human Memory: Theory and Practice".
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Find a good memory book: I recommend 'Your Memory: A User's Guide,' by Alan Baddeley. -- Marilyn Linton "Toronto Sun" (06/19/2005)
About the Author
Alan Baddeley is professor of Psychology at the University of York. He has previously held professorships at the Universities of Stirling, Bristol and Cambridge and visiting appointments at the Universities of California, Harvard, Otago, Queensland and Texas. He has written five books on memory, and edited a further seven. He was awarded a CBE for his contributions to this field. He has received the American Psychological Association's award for Distinguished Contributions to Research. He has a life-long interest in the study of human memory, and in its deficits following disease or brain damage. He is married and has recently moved to York.
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