Research Catalog

Title

Memory and remembering : everyday memory in context / John A. Groeger.

Author

Groeger, John A., 1959-

Publication

Harlow, Essex, England ; New York : Addison Wesley Longman, 1997.

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Description

vi, 378 p. : ill.; 25 cm.

Summary

Adopting a broad approach, Groeger integrates laboratory, clinical and naturalistic findings to explain how memory operates in everyday life. Theories and findings are illustrated throughout with everyday examples.

Alternative Title

Memory & remembering

Subject

• Memory
• Recollection (Psychology)
• Memory > Age factors
• Memory disorders
• Mental Recall

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Memory, remembering and basic events -- 2. Demise of the modal model -- 3. Transitory memories -- 4. Enduring memories -- 5. Remembering complex events -- 6. Frequency and repetition -- 7. Time and duration -- 8. Context and source -- 9. Emotional arousal -- 10. Remembering one's self -- 11. Exceptional remembering -- 12. Procedural memories and skill -- 13. Memory and age -- 14. Memory dysfunction.

ISBN

0582292204 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^96051084^

OCLC

36041858

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library