Memory Arena

Developmental Perspectives on Metaphor

A Special Issue of metaphor and Symbolic Activity

• Edited by Ellen Winner

Research on the development of metaphor abilities in children can be dated back as far as 1960, with Asch and Nerlove's pioneering study, which concluded...

Published December 1st 1995 by Psychology Press.

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Semantic Knowledge and Semantic Representations

A Special Double Issue of the Journal Memory

• By Rosaleen A. McCarthy

What is the basis of our ability to assign meanings to words or to objects? Such questions have, until recently, been regarded as lying within...

Published October 31st 1995 by Psychology Press.

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Memory Tests and Techniques

A Special Issue of the Journal Memory

• Edited by Susan E. Gathercole, Rosaleen A. McCarthy

Published October 12th 1995 by Psychology Press.

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Psychological Issues in Eyewitness Identification

• Edited by Siegfried L. Sporer, Roy S. Malpass, Guenter Koehnken

Why do police officers, investigators, prosecutors, judges, and others with an interest in eliciting accurate memory-based testimony need to inform themselves of the research literature...

Published October 1st 1995 by Psychology Press.

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Memory Performance and Competencies

Issues in Growth and Development

• Edited by Franz E. Weinert, Wolfgang Schneider

Research on memory development has accumulated over the past few years. Given the number of relevant publications in the field, it becomes increasingly difficult to...

Published September 1st 1995 by Psychology Press.

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Theories Of Memory

• Edited by Alan F. Collins, Martin A. Conway, Peter E. Morris

This is a collection of chapters by some of the most influential memory researchers. Chapters focus on a wide range of key areas of research....

Published May 2nd 1995 by Psychology Press.

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Flashbulb Memories

• By Martin Conway

This book provides a state-of-the-art review and critical evaluation of research into 'flashbulb' memories. The opening chapters explore the 'encoding' view of flashbulb memory formation...

Published December 14th 1994 by Psychology Press.

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Visuo-spatial Working Memory

• By Robert H. Logie

Representation of the visual and spatial properties of our environment is a pivotal requirement of everyday cognition. We can mentally represent the visual form of...

Published November 28th 1994 by Psychology Press.

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The Development of Working Memory

A Special Issue of the International Journal of Behavioural Development

• Edited by Anik De Ribaupierre, Graham Hitch

Working memory refers to the temporary storage and manipulation of information that is being processed in a wide range of cognitive tasks.
This Special Issue...

Published April 12th 1994 by Psychology Press.

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The Structure of Long-term Memory

A Connectivity Model of Semantic Processing

• By Wolfgang Klimesch

How is information stored and retrieved from long-term memory? It is argued that any systematic attempt to answer this question should be based on a...

Published March 1st 1994 by Psychology Press.

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