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Author: Svein Magnussen
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2007-05-07
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1135420653
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents an authoritative overview of memory in everyday contexts, and gathers together research on some of the more neglected areas of memory, to provide a comprehensive overview of remembering in real life contexts.
Author: Svein Magnussen
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2007-05-07
Total Pages: 422
ISBN-13: 1135420645
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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. Contributions from leading experts deal with a variety of important questions concerning everyday memory, from under-researched areas such as memory for odours, to more well known areas, like collective memory. Topics covered also include: Beliefs about memory and the metaphors used to discuss memory The relation between self-referent beliefs and actual memory performance The development of autobiographical memory. Everyday Memory summarises current knowledge and presents new interpretations and hypotheses to be explored by future research. It discusses aspects of human memory which are frequently ignored or dealt with only very briefly by ordinary textbooks and as a result will have a broad appeal for researchers and students.
Author: Kam Knight
Publisher:
Published: 2021-01-31
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Most Innovative Look into Memory Improvement in Decades Times have changed.With so much information coming at us, you don't have a lot of time to spend on old and outdated techniques that require a lot of time to learn and use. That's why traditional memory books and techniques fail 1. They offer the same set of techniques that have been taught for decades like loci method, memory palace, and peg system. 2. The techniques are complicated and time consuming, so to remember a simple number, you have to create a series of images & stories. 3. They are useful only for a handful of information like lists, which is great for winning memory championships, but not everyday life. This book presents a completely new approach to improving memory Memory does not have to be difficult, and this book will show that it isn't. You will learn practical tips to remember most any information you come across - names, dates, facts, presentations, directions, lists, instructions, conversations, events, experiences, stories, processes, and a whole lot more. How will the ability to remember the facts you read, conversations you have, and commitments you make impact your life? If you have been struggling with poor memory and want an easier way to improve and sharpen it, don't miss out on the life-changing tips in this book!
Author: Nancy L. Stein
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2013-11-19
Total Pages: 542
ISBN-13: 1317759494
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe nature of memory for everyday events, and the contexts that can affect it, are controversial topics being investigated by researchers in cognitive, social, clinical, and developmental/lifespan psychology today. This book brings many of these researchers together in an attempt to unpack the contextual and processing variables that play a part in everyday memory, particularly for emotion-laden events. They discuss the mental structures and processes that operate in the formation of memory representations and their later retrieval and interpretation.
Author: Robin L. West
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-06-29
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 1461391512
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEveryday Memory and Aging is a comprehensive handbook which touches virtually every aspect of current everyday memory research and methodology as they relate to aging. This book demonstrates that the results of divergent approaches to the study of everyday memory and aging frequently dovetail, and it widens significantly the scope of investigation and know- ledge in the field.
Author: Barry Gordon
Publisher: Mastermedia Publishing Company
Published: 1996-12
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781571010735
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDr. Gordon explains the difference between a real memory impairment and the normal absent-mindedness that occasionally affects us all--especially as we age. Memory offers simple strategies for dealing with age-related memory loss, based on fascinating and informative research findings.
Author: Barbara A. Wilson
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 2013-11-07
Total Pages: 252
ISBN-13: 1317974476
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest work—extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings and their major theoretical and practical contributions. This volume of self-selected papers recognises Professor Barbara A. Wilson's major contribution to the study of neuropsychology. Published over a 25-year period, the papers included here address the assessment, treatment and evaluation of rehabilitation provided to people who have memory difficulties arising from an injury or illness affecting the brain. This selection of papers includes work on errorless learning, the natural history of the development of compensatory memory systems, paging systems developed to enhance independent daily living for memory impaired people and single-case experimental designs to appraise the response of individual patients. The final section includes a practical framework for understanding compensatory behaviour, a model of cognitive rehabilitation and a discussion of the dilemmas created by the different aims of neuroscience as opposed to those of clinicians. This book will be of great interest to clinical psychologists, neuropsychologists, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists, along with anyone who is interested in reducing the impact of memory problems on people who have suffered brain injury.
Author: John Parker
Publisher:
Published: 2011-10-25
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9781496112156
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book shows you creative, yet practical ways to improve, sharpen, and refine your wonderful memory. It reveals techniques to put your brain in tip-top condition so you can overcome forgetfulness and recall any information anytime, anywhere, and in any situation. Best of all, the methods are simple, practical, and easy to learn.
Author: John A. Groeger
Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 402
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis key text on Memory covers one of the core topics of all undergraduate psychology degrees. Memory and Remembering fills a clear gap in the market for a text which integrates laboratory, clinical and naturalistic memory findings and models in a clear and accessible way. Throughout, theories and findings are illustrated with every day examples which enable the student to relate conceptually difficult topics to their own experience and to understand memory in a broader context.
Author: Gillian Cohen
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 405
ISBN-13: 1841696404
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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 naturalistic research, as opposed to traditional laboratory methods, is outlined, and the two approaches are seen to have converged and become complementary rather than antagonistic. The editors bring together studies on many different topics, such as memory for plans and actions, for names and faces, for routes and maps, life experiences and flashbulb memory, and eyewitness memory. Emphasis is also given to the role of memory in consciousness and metacognition. New topics covered in this edition include life span development of memory, collaborative remembering, deja-vu and memory dysfunction in the real world. Memory in the Real World will be of continuing appeal to students and researchers in the area.
