Memory Arena

Working Memory and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

• Edited by Tracy Packiam Alloway, Susan E. Gathercole

Short-term or working memory - the capacity to hold and manipulate information mentally over brief periods of time - plays an important role in supporting a wide...

Published August 31st 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Associative Illusions of Memory

False Memory Research in DRM and Related Tasks

• By David Gallo

The last decade has seen a flurry of experimental research into the neurocognitive underpinnings of illusory memories. Using simple materials and tests (e.g., recalling words...

Published August 28th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Remembering the Times of Our Lives

Memory in Infancy and Beyond

• By Patricia J. Bauer

The purpose of Remembering the Times of Our Lives: Memory in Infancy and Beyond is to trace the development from infancy through adulthood in the...

Published August 8th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Memory Editing Mechanisms

A Special Issue of Memory

• Edited by James Michael Lampinen, Timothy N. Odegard

This special issue of Memory is devoted to an investigation of those mechanisms by which memory is edited for inaccuracies and inconsistencies. In the past...

Published August 3rd 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Progress in Psychological Science around the World. Volume 1 Neural, Cognitive and Developmental Issues.

Proceedings of the 28th International Congress of Psychology

• Edited by Qicheng Jing, Mark R. Rosenzweig, Gery d'Ydewalle, Houcan Zhang, Hsuan-Chih Chen, Kan Zhang

Progress in Psychological Science around the World, Volumes 1 and 2, present the main contributions from the 28^th International Congress of Psychology, held in Beijing...

Published July 27th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Autobiographical Memory Specificity and Psychopathology

A Special Issue of Cognition and Emotion

• Edited by D Hermans, Filip Raes, Pierre Philippot, Ismay Kremers

It has been repeatedly demonstrated that depression and reported history of trauma are associated with a difficulty in retrieving specific autobiographical memories, a phenomenon called...

Published May 18th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Young Children's Cognitive Development

Interrelationships Among Executive Functioning, Working Memory, Verbal Ability, and Theory of Mind

• Edited by Wolfgang Schneider, Ruth Schumann-Hengsteler, Beate Sodian

A critical part of early childhood development is the development of "theory of mind" (ToM), which is the ability to take the perspective of another...

Published March 23rd 2006 by Psychology Press.

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Memory and Society

Psychological Perspectives

• Edited by Lars-Göran Nilsson, Nobuo Ohta

Memory and Society explores the social factors which influence human memory and our conceptualisation of memory. It examines the relationships between memory, society and culture...

Published February 9th 2006 by Psychology Press.

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The Search for Meaning

Internal States Language in Autobiographical Memory: A Special Issue of the Journal of Cognition and Development

• Edited by Robyn Fivush, Lynne Baker-Ward

The history of psychological research on human memory has largely focused on a search for accuracy. How does individual recall match an objective, external record...

Published November 1st 2005 by Psychology Press.

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Working Memory Capacity

• By Nelson Cowan

This groundbreaking book explains the evidence supporting Cowan's theoretical proposal about working memory capacity, and compares it to competing perspectives. Cognitive psychologists profoundly disagree on...

Published September 16th 2005 by Psychology Press.

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