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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480784503321

Autore

Howes Mary B. <1942-2013.>

Titolo

Human memory [[electronic resource] ] : structures and images / / Mary B. Howes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, : SAGE, c2007

ISBN

1-4833-2922-4

1-4522-4507-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (473 p.)

Disciplina

153.1

153.12

Soggetti

Memory - Research

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

Memory : historical and current perspectives -- Mainstream foundations : the associative model of memory -- Sensory memory -- Verbal short-term memory -- Working memory -- Encoding and retrieval in long-term memory -- Long-term memory : ongoing research -- The constructivism model of memory -- Memory change : alterations in the components of a memory -- Long-term memory : higher order structures -- Autobiographical memory.

Sommario/riassunto

Human Memory: Structures and Images offers students a comprehensive overview of research in human memory. Providing a theoretical background for the research, author Mary B. Howes uses a clear and accessible format to cover three major areas-mainstream experimental research; naturalistic research; and work in the domains of the amnesias, malfunctions of memory, and neuroscience.