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The first to focus exclusively on implicit memory research, this
book documents the proceedings of a meeting held in Perth,
Australia where leading researchers in the field exchanged ideas,
data, and predictions about theoretical issues. In addition to
reporting new information on a variety of topics, integrating
previous findings, and proposing new theoretical approaches to
implicit memory, the book also contains critical commentaries by
highly regarded area specialists.
The first to focus exclusively on implicit memory research, this
book documents the proceedings of a meeting held in Perth,
Australia where leading researchers in the field exchanged ideas,
data, and predictions about theoretical issues. In addition to
reporting new information on a variety of topics, integrating
previous findings, and proposing new theoretical approaches to
implicit memory, the book also contains critical commentaries by
highly regarded area specialists.
The need for synthesis in the domain of implicit processes was the
motivation behind this book. Two major questions sparked its
development: Is there one implicit process or processing principle,
or are there many? Are implicit memory, learning, and expertise;
skill acquisition; and automatic detection simply different facets
of one general principle or process, or are they distinct processes
performing very different functions? This book has been designed to
cast light on this issue. Because it is impossible to make sense of
implicit processes without taking into account their explicit
counterparts, consideration is also given to explicit memory,
learning, and expertise; and controlled processing. The chapter
authors consider principles, processes, and models which stand
above a wealth of data collected to evaluate models designed
specifically to account for data from a specific paradigm, or even
more narrowly, from a specific experimental task. The motivation
behind this approach is the proposition that modeling is possible
for a much broader data domain, even though there may be some cost
where specific tasks are concerned. The aim of this book is to
treat synthesis as the objective, and to approach this objective by
collecting and discussing phenomena which--although they are drawn
from diverse areas of psychological science--touch a single issue
concerning the distinction between explicit and implicit processes.
For years now, learning has been at the heart of research within
cognitive psychology. How do we acquire new knowledge and new
skills? Are the principles underlying skill acquisition unique to
learning, or similar to those underlying other behaviours? Is the
mental system essentially modular, or is the mental system a simple
product of experience, a product that, inevitably, reflects the
shape of the external world with all of its specialisms and
similarities? This new book takes the view that learning is a major
influence on the nature of the processes and representations that
fill our minds. Throughout, the authors review and consider the
areas of skill acquisition and lexical representation to illustrate
the effects that practice can have on cognitive processes. They
also draw parallels between theories in physical and biological
domains to propose not only a new theory of mental function but
also demonstrate that the mind is essentially subject to the same
natural laws as the physical world. In so doing Speelman and
Kirsner present a new perspective on psychology - one that
identifies universal principles underlying all behaviours and one
which contrasts markedly from our current focus on highly specific
behaviours. Accessibly written, Beyond the Learning Curve is a
thought provoking and challenging new text for students and
researchers in the cognitive sciences.
For years now, learning has been at the heart of research within
cognitive psychology. How do we acquire new knowledge and new
skills? Are the principles underlying skill acquisition unique to
learning, or similar to those underlying other behaviours? Is the
mental system essentially modular, or is the mental system a simple
product of experience, a product that, inevitably, reflects the
shape of the external world with all of its specialisms and
similarities? This new books takes the view that learning is a
major influence on the nature of the processes and representations
that fill our minds. Throughout, the authors review and consider
the psychological research areas of skill acquisition and lexical
representation to illustrate the effects that practice can have on
cognitive phenomena. They also draw parallels between theories in
physical and biological domains to not only propose a new theory of
mental function but also demonstrate that the mind is subject to
the same natural laws as the physical world. In so doing Speelman
and Kirsner present a new perspective on Psychology--one that
identifies universal principles underlying all behaviours and one
which contrasts markedly from our current focus on highly specific
behaviours. Accessibly written, Beyond the Learning Curve is a
thought provoking and challenging new text for students and
researchers in the cognitive sciences.
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