Learning and memory of knowledge and skills [[electronic resource] ] : durability and specificity / / [edited by Alice F. Healy, Lyle E. Bourne, Jr.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910480615003321
• Autore: Healy Alice F.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, c1995
• ISBN: 1-322-42163-3; 1-4833-2688-8; 1-4522-5499-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (373 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HealyAlice F; BourneLyle Eugene <1932->
• Disciplina: 153.1
• Soggetti: Long-term memory; Learning, Psychology of; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface: Durability and Specificity of Knowledge and Skills; Chapter 1 - Optimizing the Long-Term Retention of Skills; Chapter 2 - The Long-Term Retention of a Complex Skill; Chapter 3 - The Contribution of Procedural Reinstatement to Implicit and Explicit Memory Effects in a Motor Task; Chapter 4 - The Effects of Contextual Interference on the Acquisition and Retention of Logical Rules; Chapter 5 - A Generation Advantage for Multiplication Skill Training and Nonword Vocabulary Acquisition; Chapter 6 - A Long-Term Retention Advantage for Spatial Information Learned Naturally and in the LaboratoryChapter 7 - Long-Term Performance in Autobiographical Event Dating: Patterns of Accuracy and Error Across a Two-and-a-Half-Year Time Span; Chapter 8 - Training and Retention of the Classic Stroop Task: Specificity of Practice Effects; Chapter 9 - An Identical-Elements Model of Basic Arithmetic Skills; Chapter 10 - Acquisition and Retention of Skilled Letter Detection; Chapter 11 - Acquisition and Transfer of Response Selection Skill; Chapter 12 - The Specificity and Durability of Rajan's MemoryAuthor ; Index; Subject Index; About the Authors and Editors
• Sommario/riassunto: Why do people forget some skills faster than others? What kind of training is most effective at getting people to retain new skills over a longer period of time? Cognitive psychologists address these questions in this volume by analyzing the results of experiments which used a wide variety of perceptual, cognitive and motoric training tasks. Studies reported on include: the Stroop effect; mental calculation; vocabulary retention; contextual interference effects; autobiographical memory; target detection; and specificity and transfer in choice reaction time tasks. Each chapter expl