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The chapters in this volume are testament to the many ways in which
Robert Bjork's ideas have shaped the course of research on human
memory over four decades. It showcases the theoretical advances and
recent findings by researchers whose work and careers have been
influenced by Bjork. The first group of chapters explore the idea
that forgetting is an adaptive response to the demands of a
retrieval system fraught with competition - an idea that has helped
recalibrate conceptualizations of memory away from one in which in
which the computer is the dominant metaphor. Several chapters then
review the application of research on learning and memory to
enhancing human performance, reflecting Bjork's staunch commitment
to translating his findings and theories to real-world settings.
Later chapters address topics that are relevant to the translation
of cognitive psychology to human performance, and in particular
recognize the critical role of metacognition in such problems. The
final chapters cover a variety of issues related to how remembering
can be enhanced, and how research on remembering can be profitably
guided by the use of mathematical modeling. This volume will appeal
to researchers and graduate students of human learning, memory, and
forgetting, and will also benefit an audience working in applied
domains, such as training and education.
Human learning is studied in a variety of ways. Motor learning is
often studied separately from verbal learning. Studies may delve
into anatomy vs function, may view behavioral outcomes or look
discretely at the molecular and cellular level of learning. All
have merit but they are dispersed across a wide literature and
rarely are the findings integrated and synthesized in a meaningful
way. Human Learning: Biology, Brain, and Neuroscience synthesizes
findings across these levels and types of learning and memory
investigation.
Divided into three sections, each section includes a discussion by
the editors integrating themes and ideas that emerge across the
chapters within each section. Section 1 discusses general topics in
human learning and cognition research, including inhibition, short
term and long term memory, verbal memory, memory disruption, and
scheduling and learning. Section 2 discusses cognitive neuroscience
aspects of human learning. Coverage here includes models, skill
acquisition, declarative and non declarative memory, age effects on
memory, and memory for emotional events. Section 3 focuses on human
motor learning.
This book is suitable for cognitive neuroscientists, cognitive
psychologists, kinesthesiologists, and graduate courses in
learning.
* Synthesizes research from a variety of disciplines, levels, and
content areas
* Provides section discussions on common findings between
chapters
* Covers motor and verbal learning
The view of memory use as skilled performance embraces the
interactive nature of memory and higher order cognition. In
considering the contexts in which memory is used, this book helps
to answer such questions as:
If asked where I live, how do I decide on a street address or city
name?
What influences my selection in a criminal lineup besides actual
memory of the perpetrator?
Why do expert golfers better remember courses they've played than
amateur golfers?
Chapters in this volume discuss strategies people use in responding
to memory queries- whether and how to access memory and how to
translate retrieved products into responses. Coverage includes
memory for ongoing events and memory for prospective events-how we
remember to do future intended actions. Individual differences in
memory skill is explored across people and situations, with special
consideration given to the elderly population and how strategies at
encoding and retrieval can offset what would otherwise be declining
memory.
* An intergrative view of memory, metamemory, judgment and
decision-making, and individual differences
* Relevant to both applied concerns and basic research
* Articles written by expert contributors"
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