Your memory : a user's guide /

Baddeley, Alan D., 1934-,

Your memory : a user's guide / [print] Alan Baddeley. - New illustratedition. edition. - Buffalo, New York ; Richmond Hill, Ont. : Firefly Books, (c)2004. - 288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.



What is memory? -- Short-term memory -- Working memory -- Learning -- Organizing and remembering -- Forgetting -- Repression -- Storing knowledge -- Retrieval -- Eyewitness testimony -- Amnesia -- Memory in childhood -- Memory and aging -- Improving your memory.

Explains how memory works, covering such topics as short-term memory, working memory, learning, organizing and remembering, forgetting, repression, and eyewitness testimony, and includes tips for improving one's memory.



9781552979853

2005357222

20049025465


Memory.

QP406 QP406.B132.Y687 2004