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For the past forty years, the ideas and findings of George Mandler
-- and George Mandler himself -- have been highly influential
throughout the field of experimental psychology. Not only has he
helped to advance the study of cognition and emotion in many ways,
but he also offered assistance and encouragement to numerous young
researchers who may expand on the knowledge acquired thus far. The
editors of this festschrift feel that one of the greatest strengths
of Mandler's work is the blend of European theorizing and American
empiricism. This volume contains contributions from friends and
colleagues who have been influenced in one way or another by this
accomplished psychologist.
These collected essays from leading figures in cognitive psychology
represent the latest research and thinking in the field. The volume
is organized around four Endelian themes: encoding and retrieval
processes in memory; the neuropsychology of memory; classificatory
systems for memory; and consciousness, emotion, and memory.
Memory, Attention, and Aging is a collection of some of the most
influential journal articles previously published by Fergus Craik
and his collaborators, with new introductory material unifying the
research of this noted cognitive psychologist. The reprinted
articles are grouped into six sections reflecting Craik's various
research interests across his career. The first section on
short-term memory focuses on research concerns Craik uncovered in
the 1970s, but are still valid today. They comprise theoretical
suggestions and data on the nature of STM, including the notion
that working memory may be defined as attention paid to features of
items held in conscious awareness. The second section on levels of
processing contains the very influential articles by Craik &
Lockhart and by Craik & Tulving on memory research, in addition
to a later article in which Craik gives a critical account of the
LOP work. Craik's third interest is in cognitive aging. The section
contains two articles from the 1980s in which Craik lays out his
ideas on age-related changes in memory, plus a more recent article
addressing lifespan changes in cognition. The fourth section on
attention and memory has two articles that report on the effects of
divided attention on subsequent memory, and differences between
implicit and explicit memory processes. The fifth section on
cognitive neuroscience includes an early PET study probing neural
correlates of LOP, and a study searching for the neural correlates
of the "self" concept. Finally, the sixth section contains an
article on bilingualism that explores age-related differences in
executive functions as a consequence of bilingualism, and a study
showing that bilingualism postpones the onset of Alzheimer's
disease. Grouping the most highly cited and groundbreaking articles
of Fergus Craik in one volume, this book will be of interest to a
wide spectrum of students and professional researchers.
The chapters in this volume are the edited versions of invited
addresses to the XXVI International Congress of Psychology held in
Montreal in August 1996. As one major goal of the Congress was to
promote communication among specializations in scientific
psychology, the speakers were asked to survey their research area
and present their own work in a way that would be accessible to
their colleagues in other areas. Another purpose of the meeting was
to bring researchers together from different parts of the world,
reflecting their different approaches to the scientific study of
mind, brain, and behavior. Consequently, the eminent researchers
who have written the twenty-six chapters included in the present
volume were drawn from universities and research institutes in
North America, Europe, Japan, Russia, Israel, and New Zealand. The
chapters cover a range of topics in human and animal experimental
psychology. The first section deals with psychobiological processes
- the interplay of body and mind in determining intelligence,
stress, and pain. The next five chapters address current issues in
neuropsychology and neuroscience, including the neural correlates
of attention and vision. A third section looks at learning
processes in humans and animals, and a fourth deals with a range of
topics in perception and cognition. The final five chapters take a
developmental perspective, presenting theoretical and empirical
analyses of the acquisition of perceptual and cognitive abilities.
Overall, the collection illustrates the growing trend to break down
traditional barriers between areas of experimental psychology;
there are many instances of profitable interactions between
researchers studying aspects of behavior and those studying the
biological bases of these behaviors. The twenty-six chapters give
an excellent overview of current research in scientific psychology.
The chapters in this volume are the edited versions of invited
addresses to the XXVI International Congress of Psychology held in
Montreal in August 1996. As one major goal of the Congress was to
promote communication among specializations in scientific
psychology, the speakers were asked to survey their research area
and present their own work in a way that would be accessible to
their colleagues in other areas. Another purpose of the meeting was
to bring researchers together from different parts of the world,
reflecting their different approaches to the scientific study of
mind, brain, and behavior. Consequently, the eminent researchers
who have written the twenty-six chapters included in the present
volume were drawn from universities and research institutes in
North America, Europe, Japan, Russia, Israel, and New Zealand. The
chapters cover a range of topics in human and animal experimental
psychology. The first section deals with psychobiological processes
- the interplay of body and mind in determining intelligence,
stress, and pain. The next five chapters address current issues in
neuropsychology and neuroscience, including the neural correlates
of attention and vision. A third section looks at learning
processes in humans and animals, and a fourth deals with a range of
topics in perception and cognition. The final five chapters take a
developmental perspective, presenting theoretical and empirical
analyses of the acquisition of perceptual and cognitive abilities.
Overall, the collection illustrates the growing trend to break down
traditional barriers between areas of experimental psychology;
there are many instances of profitable interactions between
researchers studying aspects of behavior and those studying the
biological bases of these behaviors. The twenty-six chapters give
an excellent overview of current research in scientific psychology.
Memory, Attention, and Aging is a collection of some of the most
influential journal articles previously published by Fergus Craik
and his collaborators, with new introductory material unifying the
research of this noted cognitive psychologist. The reprinted
articles are grouped into six sections reflecting Craik's various
research interests across his career. The first section on
short-term memory focuses on research concerns Craik uncovered in
the 1970s, but are still valid today. They comprise theoretical
suggestions and data on the nature of STM, including the notion
that working memory may be defined as attention paid to features of
items held in conscious awareness. The second section on levels of
processing contains the very influential articles by Craik &
Lockhart and by Craik & Tulving on memory research, in addition
to a later article in which Craik gives a critical account of the
LOP work. Craik's third interest is in cognitive aging. The section
contains two articles from the 1980s in which Craik lays out his
ideas on age-related changes in memory, plus a more recent article
addressing lifespan changes in cognition. The fourth section on
attention and memory has two articles that report on the effects of
divided attention on subsequent memory, and differences between
implicit and explicit memory processes. The fifth section on
cognitive neuroscience includes an early PET study probing neural
correlates of LOP, and a study searching for the neural correlates
of the "self" concept. Finally, the sixth section contains an
article on bilingualism that explores age-related differences in
executive functions as a consequence of bilingualism, and a study
showing that bilingualism postpones the onset of Alzheimer's
disease. Grouping the most highly cited and groundbreaking articles
of Fergus Craik in one volume, this book will be of interest to a
wide spectrum of students and professional researchers.
For the past forty years, the ideas and findings of George Mandler
-- and George Mandler himself -- have been highly influential
throughout the field of experimental psychology. Not only has he
helped to advance the study of cognition and emotion in many ways,
but he also offered assistance and encouragement to numerous young
researchers who may expand on the knowledge acquired thus far. The
editors of this festschrift feel that one of the greatest strengths
of Mandler's work is the blend of European theorizing and American
empiricism. This volume contains contributions from friends and
colleagues who have been influenced in one way or another by this
accomplished psychologist.
These collected essays from leading figures in cognitive psychology
represent the latest research and thinking in the field. The volume
is organized around four "Endelian" themes: encoding and retrieval
processes in memory; the neuropsychology of memory; classificatory
systems for memory; and consciousness, emotion, and memory.
For a variety of reasons, there has been an explosion of interest
in research on aging over the past few years. The reasons include
an awareness that a large and growing proportion of our popUlation
is over 65 and that research findings can contribute to their
health, satisfaction, and efficiency as members of society; the
fact that funding agencies have endorsed the need for more research
effort in the area by setting up special programs; and also the
fact that researchers themselves are turning more to practical
problems as many theoretical issues (in experimen tal psychology at
least) seem to remain as intractable as ever. Thus, at present
there is widespread interest in aging, but there is also a lack of
knowledge as to what has already been accomplished in the area,
what the theoretical issues are, and what factors contribute to the
methodological and practical difficulties. The time is propitious
for meetings of experts in various aspects of the aging process,
both to discuss among themselves latest advances in the field and
also to inte grate known information for researchers and
practitioners. In the summer of 1980 we organized such a meeting as
the 10th annual psychology symposium to be held at the Erindale
Campus of the University of Toronto. The topic chosen was Aging and
Cognitive Processes, and the edited contributions to the symposium
form the chapters of the present book."
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Memory (Paperback)
Fergus Craik
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In the past 25 years, the frontal lobes have dominated human
neuroscience research. Functional neuroimaging studies have
revealed their importance to brain networks involved in nearly
every aspect of mental and cognitive functioning. Studies of
patients with focal brain lesions have expanded on early case study
evidence of behavioral, emotional, and cognitive changes associated
with frontal lobe brain damage. The role of frontal lobe function
and dysfunction in human development (in both children and older
adults), psychiatric disorders, the dementias, and other brain
diseases has also received rapidly increasing attention. In this
useful text, 14 leading frontal lobe researchers review and
synthesize the current state of knowledge on frontal lobe function,
including structural and functional brain imaging, brain network
analysis, aging and dementia, traumatic brain injury,
rehabilitation, attention, memory, and consciousness. The book
therefore provides a state-of-the-art account of research in this
exciting area, and also highlights a number of new findings by some
of the world's top researchers.
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