Research Catalog

Title

Attention, memory, and executive function / edited by G. Reid Lyon and Norman A. Krasnegor.

Publication

Baltimore : P.H. Brookes Pub. Co., [1996], ©1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Krasnegor, Norman A.
• Lyon, G. Reid, 1949-

Description

xvii, 424 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• Studies of attention, memory, and executive function continue to provide a greater understanding of the human learning process and the nature of specific cognitive disabilities. But progress has been impeded by the absence of consensual, cross-disciplinary theories, definitions, and methodologies.
• This authoritative text presents research on the components of these central cognitive processes and explains how these findings can help clinicians assess and remediate reading and attention disorders. Gathering the work of prominent researchers in psychology, neuropsychology, special education, and medicine, the chapters consider each of these processes from different theoretical perspectives.

Subject

• Attention > physiology
• Attention
• Cognition
• Memory > physiology
• Memory
• Mental Processes > physiology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• I. Introduction to the Conceptual, Measurement, and Methodological Issues. 1. The Need for Conceptual and Theoretical Clarity in the Study of Attention, Memory, and Executive Function / G. Reid Lyon. 2. Relationships and Distinctions Among the Concepts of Attention, Memory, and Executive Function: A Developmental Perspective / Robin D. Morris. 3. Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Construct Definition / Jack M. Fletcher, David J. Francis, Karla K. Stuebing, Bennett A. Shaywitz, Sally E. Shaywitz, Donald P. Shankweiler, Leonard Katz and Robin D. Morris -- II. Attention. 4. Critical Issues in Research on Attention / Russell A. Barkley. 5. A Theory of Attention: An Information Processing Perspective / Joseph Sergeant. 6. Disorders of Attention: A Neuropsychological Perspective / Allan F. Mirsky. 7. Attention: A Behavior Analytical Perspective / William J. McIlvane, William V. Dube and Thomas D. Callahan.
• 8. Conceptualizing, Describing, and Measuring Components of Attention: A Summary / Jeffrey M. Halperin -- III. Memory. 9. From Simple Structure to Complex Function: Major Trends in the Development of Theories, Models, and Measurements of Memory / Richard K. Wagner. 10. A Model of Memory from an Information Processing Perspective: The Special Case of Phonological Memory / Joseph K. Torgesen. 11. Multiple Memory Systems: A Neuropsychological and Developmental Perspective / Jocelyne Bachevalier, Ludise Malkova and Mario Beauregard. 12. Attention and Memory in Relation to Learning: A Comparative Adaptation Perspective / Duane M. Rumbaugh and David A. Washburn. 13. Conceptualizing, Describing, and Measuring Components of Memory: A Summary / Kimberly Boller -- IV. Executive Function. 14. Theories, Models, and Measurements of Executive Functioning: An Information Processing Perspective / John G. Borkowski and Jennifer E. Burke.
• 15. A Theory and Model of Executive Function: A Neuropsychological Perspective / Martha Bridge Denckla. 16. Relational Frame Theory and Executive Function: A Behavioral Approach / Steven C. Hayes, Elizabeth V. Gifford and L. E. Ruckstuhl, Jr. 17. Linkages Between Attention and Executive Functions / Russell A. Barkley. 18. Executive Functions and Working Memory: Theoretical and Measurement Issues / Bruce F. Pennington, Loisa Bennetto, Owen McAleer and Ralph J. Roberts, Jr. 19. Addressing Problems in Attention, Memory, and Executive Functioning: An Example from Self-Regulated Strategy Development / Steve Graham and Karen R. Harris. 20. Conceptualizing, Describing, and Measuring Components of Executive Function: A Summary / Paul J. Eslinger -- V. Summary and Conclusions. 21. Critical Issues and Future Directions in the Development of Theories, Models, and Measurements for Attention, Memory, and Executive Function / H. Gerry Taylor.

ISBN

1557661987

LCCN

95002540

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries