The Processing of Memories (PLE: Memory)

Forgetting and Retention

Norman E. Spear (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

570 Seiten

2014
Psychology Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84872-383-2 (ISBN)

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Originally published in 1978, this volume contains the evidence that is most crucial for our understanding the processes of forgetting and retention. Organized in terms of problem areas and issues that are particularly pertinent to understanding these processes, the book deals with both animal and human studies. The author begins by defining the topic and reviewing its historical development. A theoretical orientation follows, and then the author begins to address the major factors that determine what is, and what is not, remembered. Although we cannot yet specify the principles from which we can predict when an episode, once learned, will be remembered well or forgotten entirely, the author demonstrates that such principles are not that far away. He considers the issues that must be resolved before such principles are established, and in the course of doing so covers the major research on why we remember events and why they are forgotten.

Norman E. Spear

Preface 1. Introduction and Historical Perspective 2. Contextual Determinants of Retention 3. Retention after Short Intervals 4. Analysis of Sources of Forgetting Affecting Long-Term Retention 5. Further Sources of Forgetting and Related Issues 6. The Abnormal Processing of Memories 7. Experimental Analysis of Amnesia and Hypermnesia 8. Three Major Issues 9. Brief Comments on Selected Issues. References. Author Index. Subject Index.

Reihe/Serie	Psychology Library Editions: Memory
Verlagsort	Hove
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	929 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
ISBN-10	1-84872-383-0 / 1848723830
ISBN-13	978-1-84872-383-2 / 9781848723832
Zustand	Neuware