Cognitive Models of Memory (Studies in Cognition) (Studies in Cognition Series)

Conway, Martin A.

ISBN 10: 0262531488 / ISBN 13: 9780262531481

Published by MIT Press (edition 1st MIT Press Ed), 1997

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cognitive Models of Memory (Studies in Cognition) (Studies in Cognition Series)
• Publisher: MIT Press (edition 1st MIT Press Ed)
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262531488
• ISBN 13: 9780262531481
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st MIT Press Ed.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Because memory enters into virtually all cognition, it is impossible to design cognitive models that view memory as a self-contained cognitive faculty. Instead, memory researchers focus on specific aspects of memory. Taking this regional approach to memory, the chapters of this volume evaluate models of the short-term retention of knowledge, conceptual knowledge, autobiographical knowledge, transitory mental representations, the neurobiological basis of memory, and age-related changes in human memory. At the center of each chapter is a concern with the problem of representation--how the mind represents reality and, in the case of memory, how experience is represented, retained, and reconstructed. The authors evaluate the models against empirical findings and against current knowledge about brain function and architecture. They also address the relationship between formal and nonformal models of human memory.

About the Author

Martin A. Conway is Professor of Psychology at the University of Bristol, Bristol, England.