Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience 2013

Vital Memory

Ethics, Affect and Agency

By Steven Brown, Paula Reavey

To Be Published February 28th 2014 by Routledge

Working Memory and Aging

Edited by Robert Logie, Robin Morris

Series: Current Issues in Memory

This edited collection contains chapters by major international level researchers in the field and represents the state-of-the-science on working memory and the ageing brain....

To Be Published September 30th 2013 by Psychology Press

Essentials of Human Memory (Classic Edition)

By Alan Baddeley

Series: Psychology Press Classic Editions

This Classic Edition of the best-selling textbook offers an in-depth overview of approaches to the study of memory. With empirical research from both the real world and the neuropsychological clinic, the book explains the fundamental workings of human memory in a clear and accessible style. ...

To Be Published July 16th 2013 by Psychology Press

Forgetting

Edited by Sergio Della Sala

Series: Current Issues in Memory

Memory and forgetting are inextricably intertwined. In order to understand how memory works we need to understand how and why we forget. The topic of forgetting is therefore hugely important, despite the fact that it has often been neglected in comparison with other features of memory. This...

Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

Flashbulb Memories

New Issues and New Perspectives

Edited by Olivier Luminet, Antonietta Curci

We all have memories of highly emotional personal and public events that may have happened some years ago but which are felt as strongly as if they happened yesterday. We remember where they happened, the people who were with us, and seemingly irrelevant details such as the weather, particular...

Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

Interactions Between Short-Term and Long-Term Memory in the Verbal Domain

By Annabel Thorn, Mike Page

The relationship between short-term and long-term memory systems is an issue of central concern to memory theorists. The association between temporary memory mechanisms and established knowledge bases is now regarded as critical to the development of theoretical and computational accounts of verbal...

Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

Working Memory and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Edited by Tracy Packiam Alloway, Susan E. Gathercole

Short-term or working memory - the capacity to hold and manipulate information mentally over brief periods of time - plays an important role in supporting a wide range of everyday activities, particularly in childhood. Children with weak working memory skills often struggle in key areas...

Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

Everyday Memory

Edited by Svein Magnussen, Tore Helstrup

This book presents an authoritative overview of memory in everyday contexts. Written by an expert team of international authors, it gathers together research on some of the more neglected but revealing areas of memory, to provide a comprehensive overview of remembering in real life situations....

Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

The Visual World in Memory

Edited by James R. Brockmole

Series: Current Issues in Memory

The book examines how well we remember what we see. Research in human memory for visual material varies tremendously across the time scales, stimuli, and scenarios of interest. Because of these distinct pursuits, research in the field of 'visual memory' is in practice rather compartmentalized and...

Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory

Encoding and Retrieval

Edited by Amanda Parker, Timothy J. Bussey, Edward L. Wilding

Series: Studies in Cognition

Recent advances in techniques available to memory researchers have led to a rapid expansion in the field of cognitive neuroscience of memory. This book provides accessible coverage of four key areas of recent advance, including research on functional imaging, electrophysiological and lesion studies...

Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

Autobiographical Memory and the Construction of A Narrative Self

Developmental and Cultural Perspectives

Edited by Robyn Fivush, Catherine A. Haden

It is a truism in psychology that self and autobiographical memory are linked, yet we still know surprisingly little about the nature of this relation. Scholars from multiple disciplines, including cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, anthropology, and philosophy have begun theorizing...

Published June 19th 2013 by Psychology Press

Life-Span Maintenance of Knowledge

By Harry P. Bahrick, Lynda K. Hall, Melinda K. Baker

Series: Essays in Cognitive Psychology

This volume describes how well we maintain the knowledge we acquire throughout life. Research traditionally focuses on memory for events that are retained over short time periods that can be accommodated in experiments. This book, by contrast, uniquely describes the evolution of methods suitable...

Published May 27th 2013 by Psychology Press

Attributes of Memory (Psychology Revivals)

By Peter Herriot

Series: Psychology Revivals

First published in 1974, Attributes of Memory rejected the prevalent stress on the structure of memory. It suggests that the view of memory as a sequence of stores through which information passes is mistaken. Instead, the author emphasizes the coding process of memory by which the nominal stimulus...

Published March 18th 2013 by Psychology Press

The Development of Autobiographical Memory

By Hans J. Markowitsch, Harald Welzer

Autobiographical memory constitutes an essential part of our personality, giving us the ability to distinguish ourselves as an individual with a past, present and future. This book reveals how the development of a conscious self, an integrated personality and an autobiographical memory are all...

Published March 4th 2013 by Psychology Press

The Self in Time

Developmental Perspectives

Edited by Chris Moore, Karen Lemmon, Karen Skene

Human reasoning is marked by an ability to remember one's personal past and to imagine one's future. Together these capacities rely on the notion of a temporally extended self or the self in time. Recent evidence suggests that it is during the preschool period that children first construct this...

Published February 13th 2013 by Psychology Press

Human Spatial Memory

Remembering Where

Edited by Gary L. Allen

The chapters in Human Spatial Memory: Remembering Where present a fascinating picture of an everyday aspect of mental life that is as intriguing to people outside of academia as it is to scientists studying human cognition and behavior. The questions are as old as the study of mind itself: How do...

Published January 28th 2013 by Psychology Press

Working Memory

The Connected Intelligence

Edited by Tracy Packiam Alloway, Ross G. Alloway

Series: Frontiers of Cognitive Psychology

Working memory – the conscious processing of information – is increasingly recognized as one of the most important aspects of intelligence. This fundamental cognitive skill is deeply connected to a great variety of human experience – from our childhood, to our old age, from our...

Published December 6th 2012 by Psychology Press

Current Issues in Applied Memory Research

Edited by Graham M. Davies, Daniel B. Wright

Series: Current Issues in Memory

Research on applied memory is one of the most active, interesting and vibrant areas in experimental psychology today. This book provides descriptions of cutting-edge research and applies them to three key areas of contemporary investigation: education, the law and neuroscience. In the area of...

Published October 21st 2012 by Psychology Press

Memory, Aging and the Brain

A Festschrift in Honour of Lars-Göran Nilsson

Edited by Lars Bäckman, Lars Nyberg

Series: Psychology Press Festschrift Series

This book brings together some of the best known experts in their fields to offer a cross-disciplinary summary of current research on human memory. More than this however, the book pays tribute to the work of Lars-Göran Nilsson and his many contributions to the psychology of human memory. The book...

Published October 21st 2012 by Psychology Press

Cognitive Development and Working Memory

A Dialogue between Neo-Piagetian Theories and Cognitive Approaches

Edited by Pierre Barrouillet, Vinciane Gaillard

The intellectual development of human beings from birth to adulthood is a fascinating phenomenon. Understanding the constraints that limit children’s intelligence, as well as discovering methods to improve it, has always been a challenging undertaking for developmental psychologists. This book...

Published October 21st 2012 by Psychology Press

Cognitive Illusions

A Handbook on Fallacies and Biases in Thinking, Judgement and Memory

Edited by Rüdiger F Pohl

Cognitive Illusions investigates a wide range of fascinating psychological effects in the way we think, judge and remember in our everyday lives. At the beginning of each chapter, leading researchers in the field introduce the background to phenomena such as illusions of control, overconfidence...

Published August 27th 2012 by Psychology Press

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SenseCam

The Future of Everyday Memory Research?

Edited by Catherine Loveday, Martin A. Conway

Series: Special Issues of Memory

This special issue is the first collection of preliminary reports using advanced camera technology, the SenseCam, to study and rehabilitate everyday memory in ways not previously possible. This set of preliminary reports from established memory researchers and clinicians uses a series of...

Published October 24th 2011 by Psychology Press

The Tip of the Tongue State

By Alan S. Brown

Series: Essays in Cognitive Psychology

This book brings together the body of empirical findings and theoretical interpretations of the tip of the tongue (TOT) experience – when a well-known or familiar word cannot immediately be recalled. Although research has been published on TOTs for over a century, the experience retains its...

Published July 19th 2011 by Psychology Press

Spatial Working Memory

Edited by André Vandierendonck, Arnaud Szmalec

Series: Current Issues in Memory

Spatial working memory is the ability to remember the location in which something is perceived, and in addition, the ability to recall a series of visited locations. In this book, top researchers in the domain of spatial working memory review and discuss findings about the processes and...

Published June 13th 2011 by Psychology Press

Memory

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

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: in order to study memory we must carry out carefully-designed experiments, which can seem...

Published February 4th 2009 by Psychology Press

Memory in the Real World

3rd Edition

Edited by Gillian Cohen, Martin A. Conway

This fully revised and updated third edition of the highly acclaimed Memory in the Real World includes recent research in all areas of everyday memory. Distinguished researchers have contributed new and updated material in their own areas of expertise. The controversy about the value of...

Published December 12th 2007 by Psychology Press