Lifespan development of human memory [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Peter Graf and Nobuo Ohta

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 p.)
• Disciplina: 612.8/2
• Soggetto topico: Memory; Memory in children; Memory in old age; Alzheimer's disease; Developmental neurobiology
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Classificazione: 77.35
• Altri autori: GrafPeter, PhD. OhtaNobuo
• Note generali: "A Bradford book."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Need for a lifespan developmental approach within memory research is more urgent than ever / Nobuo Ohta -- Developmental changes in working memory: a multicomponent view / Graham J. Hitch -- Childhood development of working memory: an examination of two basic parameters / Nelson Cowan -- Working memory and attentional processes across the lifespan / Anik De Ribaupierre -- Children's long-term memory of childhood events / Robyn Fivush -- Children's eyewitness memory: changing reports and changing representations / David F. Bjorklund, Rhonda D. Brown, and Barbara R. Bjorklund -- Role of knowledge in children's memory / Hidetsugu Tajika -- Age-related effects on memory in the context of age-related effects on cognition / Timothy A. Salthouse -- Autobiographical memory across the lifespan / David C. Rubin -- Memory development in adulthood and old age: the Betula prospective-cohort study / Lars-Göran Nilsson ... [et al.] -- Nature and course of the memory impairment in Alzheimer's disease / Lars Bäckman, Brent J. Small, and Laura Fratiglioni -- Prospective memory across the lifespan / Elisabeth A. Maylor ... [et al.] -- Prospective and retrospective memory in adulthood / Peter Graf, Bob Uttl, and Roger Dixon.
• Sommario/riassunto: An original approach to memory development that views memory as a continuous process of growth and loss over the human lifespan rather than as a series of separate periods. Until recently, the vast majority of memory research used only university students and other young adults as subjects. Although such research successfully introduced new methodologies and theoretical concepts, it created a bias in our understanding of the lifespan development of memory. This book signals a departure from young-adult-centered research. It views the lifespan development of memory as a continuous process of growth and loss, where each phase of development raises unique questions favoring distinct research methods and theoretical approaches. Drawing on a broad range of investigative strategies, the book lays the foundation for a comprehensive understanding of the lifespan development of human memory. Topics include the childhood and adulthood development of working memory, episodic and autobiographical memory, and prospective memory, as well as the breakdown of memory functions in Alzheimer's disease. Of particular interest is the rich diversity of approaches, methods, and theories. The book takes an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing on work from psychology, psychiatry, gerontology, and biochemistry.
• Titolo autorizzato: Lifespan development of human memory
• ISBN: 0-262-29320-X; 1-282-09987-6; 9786612099878; 0-262-27420-5; 0-585-43671-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454894803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II