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What is Memory about?

<p><P>People seem to be intrigued by memory, and by its sometimes spectacular failure in (for example) people with amnesia. However, students of memory sometimes fail to retain this fascination. The reason is clear&#58; in order to study memory we must carry out carefully-designed experiments, which can seem boring even when they are exciting science. Fortunately, we now know enough about memory to relate laboratory studies to the world beyond. In other words, our scientific knowledge of memory and how it works can help us to explain those aspects of memory that most people find of greatest interest.<P>This book presents a thorough, accessible and appealing overview of the field, written with students in mind, by some of the world's leading researchers. It starts with a brief overview and explanation of the scientific approach to memory before going on to discuss the basic characteristics of the various memory systems and how they work. Summaries of short-term and working memory are followed by chapters on learning, the role of organization in memory, the ways in which our knowledge of the world is stored, retrieval, and on intentional and motivated forgetting.<P>The latter half of

Author

Baddeley, Alan, Eysenck, Michael W., Anderson, Michael C., Baddeley, Alan, Eysenck, Michael W., Anderson, Michael C.

Publisher

Hove [England] ; New York: Psychology Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781848720008

Subjects

Psychology, Social Science, Social_sciences

Rating

3.9 / 5 (66 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14