| Description |
1 online resource (x, 189 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Challenges and controversies in applied cognition |
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Challenges and controversies in applied cognition.
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| Contents |
Introduction and a brief history of memory distortions and their prevention / Margaret Jean Intons-Peterson and Deborah L. Best -- Fuzzy-trace theory and false memory / Valerie F. Reyna -- Study of face identification / Mary Ann Foley and Hugh J. Foley -- Assessing memory deficits in elderly adults / Janine F. Hay, Johanna W. Nordlie, and Larry L. Jacoby -- Collaborative memory accuracy and distortion / Roger A. Dixon, Lisa M. Gagnon, and Carolyn B. Crow -- Sociocultural and practical influences on spatial memory / Mary Gauvain -- Retention of procedural and declarative information from the Colorado drivers' manual / Mary Beth Jensen and Alice F. Healy -- Curriculum on medical and other ignorance / Marlys Hearst Witte, Ann Kerwin, and Charles L. Witte -- Cognitive technology / Douglas Herrmann and Carol Yoder |
| Summary |
"The topics covered in Memory Distortions and Their Prevention range over many kinds of memory distortions, from perceptual ones, including how we are able to recognize faces when the actually perceived faces have been obscured by hats, scarves, or eyeglasses, to spatial distortions. The authors discuss memory slips, forgetting, the role of expectation, memory deficits in the elderly, collaborative memory (using the clever device of married couples as long-time collaborators), and memory for procedures versus memory for declarative statements. Each chapter makes recommendations for how to avoid memory distortions. The last two chapters explicitly address methods for combating distortions: the intriguing "method of ignorance" and the developing field of cognitive technology. Because of its practical as well as theoretical significance, this volume will be of interest to basic and applied cognitive psychologists alike."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Memory disorders.
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Memory.
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Memory
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Memory Disorders
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memory (psychological concept)
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SELF-HELP -- Personal Growth -- Memory Improvement.
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Memory
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Memory disorders
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Geheugenstoornissen.
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Preventie.
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Geheugen.
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Mémoire.
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Troubles de la mémoire.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Best, Deborah L
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Intons-Peterson, Margaret Jean
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| ISBN |
9781134809622 |
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113480962X |
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9780203774779 |
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0203774779 |
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9781134809769 |
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113480976X |
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9781134809691 |
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1134809697 |
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9781138003156 |
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1138003158 |
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