Your Memory - Hardcover

Alan Baddeley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1853751057 ISBN 13: 9781853751059

Publisher: Avery Penguin Putnam, 1993

Synopsis

Praise for the previous"Recommended for specialists and non-specialists alike."- American Journal of Psychology At the most critical times, especially during negotiations and arguments, memory can fail. Some people can quickly recall faces, but names and dates are easily forgotten. Your Memory explains how memory works and how to make it more reliable. This book is full of useful information and advice, and practical exercises for improving the quality and capacity of memory. Combining anecdotes and exercises with scientific developments and statistics, the book presents this complex topic in a highly accessible way. The author covers a range of issues, such as why a natural system of classifying, storing and retrieving information that exceeds the capacity of a computer can, at times, also forget a phone number. Your Memory tackles all the fundamental questions about memory and provides answers and solutions for the person who always seems to forget that all-important anniversary date.

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Reviews

Writing with authority and an anecdotal flair, Baddeley shares the intricacies of the human memory system while explaining how it is studied. Following descriptions of how memory works, he delves into practical questions such as witness testimony, amnesia, Alzheimer's disease, and language development. This revised edition of a 1982 book incorporates many of the newest studies that have been undertaken regarding long- and short-term memory, aging and memory loss, and repression. Throughout, Baddeley provides quizzes and lists to involve the reader and further elucidate his explanations. Denise Perry Donavin

Edition details

• Publisher: Avery Penguin Putnam
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853751057
• ISBN 13: 9781853751059
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288