Memory Books

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11. Practicing Perfection

    Memory and Piano Performance

    By Roger Chaffin, Gabriela Imreh, Mary Crawford

    Series: Expertise: Research and Applications Series

    The memory feats of famous musicians seem almost superhuman. Can such extraordinary accomplishments be explained by the same principles that account for more ordinary, everyday memory abilities? To find out, a concert pianist videotaped her practice as she learned a new piece for performance, the...

    Published August 15th 2012 by Psychology Press
12. Tip-of-the-tongue States

    Phenomenology, Mechanism, and Lexical Retrieval

    By Bennett L. Schwartz

    Tip-of-the-Tongue experiences are one of those illusive oddities of human cognition. Like slips of the tongue, déjà vu, and visual illusions, TOTs dazzle us with their subjective strength, yet, at the same time, puzzle us with our frustrating inability to retrieve the desired word. This...

    Published August 15th 2012 by Psychology Press
13. Extraordinary Memories for Exceptional Events

    By Stephen R. Schmidt

    Series: Essays in Cognitive Psychology

    Not all memories are created equal. Our memories for some very exceptional events seem to stand out in our minds, and as such they may form the very core of who we are. Perhaps you have a vivid recollection of a fateful day, an unforgettable face, or a hilarious joke. This book summarizes theories...

    Published April 24th 2012 by Psychology Press
14. From Mental Imagery to Spatial Cognition and Language

    Essays in Honour of Michel Denis

    Edited by Valérie Gyselinck, Francesca Pazzaglia

    Series: Psychology Press Festschrift Series

    The nature of mental images and their relation to language has caused controversy amongst psychologists for years, and the so-called "imagery debate" is still unresolved. Fresh light is now being shed on this topic using recent findings in neuroscience and the development of behavioural studies....

    Published April 1st 2012 by Psychology Press
15. The Psychology of Eyewitness Identification

    By James Michael Lampinen, Jeffrey S. Neuschatz, Andrew D. Cling

    Series: Essays in Cognitive Psychology

    This volume provides a tutorial review and evaluation of scientific research on the accuracy and reliability of eyewitness identification. The book starts with the perspective that there are a variety of conceptual and empirical problems with eyewitness identification as a form of forensic...

    Published February 14th 2012 by Psychology Press
16. Fundamentals of Cognition 2nd Edition

    By Michael Eysenck

    Is it possible to learn something without being aware of it? How does emotion influence the way we think? How can we improve our memory? Fundamentals of Cognition 2nd edition is a basic, reader-friendly introduction to the key cognitive processes we use to interact successfully with the world...

    Published January 3rd 2012 by Psychology Press
17. Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation: New Prospects in Cognitive Neurorehabilitation

    Edited by Carlo Miniussi, Giuseppe Vallar

    Series: Special Issues of Neuropsychological Rehabilitation

    Cognitive deficits are a common consequence of neurological disease, and there is evidence that specific cognitive training may be effective in rehabilitation. Behavioural dysfunction following neurological disease constitutes one of the major causes of disability worldwide, exerts a major impact...

    Published December 21st 2011 by Psychology Press
18. Memory and Aging

    Current Issues and Future Directions

    Edited by Moshe Naveh-Benjamin, Nobuo Ohta

    Current demographical patterns predict an aging worldwide population. It is projected that by 2050, more than 20% of the US population and 40% of the Japanese population will be older than 65. A dramatic increase in research on memory and aging has emerged to understand the age-related changes in...

    Published December 16th 2011 by Psychology Press
19. Regimes of Memory

    Edited by Katharine Hodgkin, Susannah Radstone

    Series: Routledge Studies in Memory and Narrative

    A focus on memory has come to prominence across a wide range of disciplines. History, literature, philosophy, anthropology, and cultural studies have placed memory at the heart of their interrogations of subjectivity, narrative, time and imagination. At the same time, memory has emerged as a...

    Published November 28th 2011 by Routledge
20. Attention, Representation, and Human Performance

    Integration of Cognition, Emotion, and Motivation

    Edited by Slim Masmoudi, David Yun Dai, Abdelmajid Naceur

    This volume presents a rare occasion where scholars from Europe, North Africa and North America share their research programs and findings revolving around an important theme: integration. Despite different research foci and methodologies, there is a strong consensus that we need to understand a...

    Published November 15th 2011 by Psychology Press