The Memory Arena provides professionals, researchers, instructors and students with information on the range of Memory books produced by Routledge, Psychology Press, and also by Guilford Press.

Subjects covered by this Arena include: Memory, Memory Disorders (including Amnesia), and the Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory.

For our full range of Cognitive Psychology books & journals please see our Cognitive Psychology Arena.

Memory News:

Memory and Aging: Current Issues and Future Directions

Memory and Aging: Current Issues and Future Directions

This volume takes a contemporary look at the impact of aging on short-term and working memory, and on long-term explicit and implicit memory.

World-renowned researchers present the latest neuroscientific data on the physiological and health perspectives, as well as the social, cultural, and cross-cultural consequences.

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Extraordinary Memories for Exceptional Events

Extraordinary Memories for Exceptional Events

Not all memories are created equal. Our memories for some very exceptional events seem to stand out in our minds, and as such they may form the very core of who we are.

This book summarizes theories and data that provide insight into these extraordinary memories for exceptional events.

Topics explored include flashbulb memories, the influence of emotion on memory, the bizarre imagery effect, the humor effect, the serial position effect, and the isolation effect.

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Three Free Volumes of the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Three Free Volumes of the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

To mark the run-up and aftermath of the Experimental Psychology Society’s January meeting we have made the most recent THREE VOLUMES (2009-2011) of their Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology free to read in full online until the end of January.

Use the link below to visit the journal’s website and browse all 35 issues of top-quality research and discussion.

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New Brochure: Memory 2011-2012

New Brochure: Memory 2011-2012

The Psychology Press e-brochure of new publications in Memory is now available.

It includes new and recent books for researchers and professionals, bestsellers, textbooks for instructors and students, journals, and links to free journal articles.

Special offer – 20% off! View the brochure now online or download it as a PDF to get your discount code.

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The Tip of the Tongue State

The Tip of the Tongue State

This book brings together the body of empirical findings and theoretical interpretations of the tip of the tongue (TOT) experience – when a well-known or familiar word cannot immediately be recalled.

Although research has been published on TOTs for over a century, the experience retains its fascination for both cognitive and linguistic researchers.

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