Cognitive Psychology Arena

Successful Remembering and Successful Forgetting

A Festschrift in Honor of Robert A. Bjork

• Edited by Aaron S. Benjamin.

Published November 2010

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…
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Cognitive Development and Working Memory

A Dialogue between Neo-Piagetian Theories and Cognitive Approaches

• Edited by Pierre Barrouillet, and Vinciane Gaillard.

Published November 2010

The intellectual development of human beings from birth to adulthood is a fascinating phenomenon. Understanding the constraints that limit children’s intelligence, as well as discovering methods to improve it, has always been a challenging undertaking for developmental psychologists. This book…
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Grounding Sociality

Neurons, Mind, and Culture

• Edited by Gün R. Semin, and Gerald Echterhoff.

Published October 2010

This volume concerns the longstanding intellectual puzzle of how individuals overcome their biological, neural, and mental finitude to achieve sociality. It explores how humans take each other into account, coordinate their actions, and are able to share their inner states and to communicate.…
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Mnemonology

Mnemonics for the 21st Century

• By James B. Worthen, and R. Reed Hunt.

Published July 2010

This book bridges the gap between basic memory research and mnemonic applications through a careful analysis of the processes that underlie effective memory aids. The book traces the history of mnemonics, examines popular techniques, and discusses the current relevance of mnemonics to both…
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Generalization of Knowledge

Multidisciplinary Perspectives

• Edited by Marie T. Banich, and Donna Caccamise.

Published May 2010

While the notion of generalization fits prominently into cognitive theories of learning, there is surprisingly little research literature that takes an overview of the issue from a broad multifaceted perspective. This volume remedies this by taking a multidisciplinary perspective on generalization…
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Forgetting

• Edited by Sergio Della Sala.

Published May 2010

Memory and forgetting are inextricably intertwined. In order to understand how memory works we need to understand how and why we forget. The topic of forgetting is therefore hugely important, despite the fact that it has often been neglected in comparison with other features of memory. This…
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Emotional States, Attention, and Working Memory

A Special Issue of Cognition & Emotion

• Edited by Nazanin Derakhshan, and Michael Eysenck.

Published March 2010

This Special Issue is concerned with the effects of three emotional states (positive affect; anxiety; and depression) on performance. More specifically, the contributors focus on the potential mediating effects of attention and of executive processes of working memory. The evidence discussed…
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Silence and Memory

A Special Issue of Memory

• Edited by Monisha Pasupathi, and Kate C. McLean.

Published March 2010

This issue of Memory focuses on silence and its implications for memory, and also for the implications of silences that extend beyond memory, to the functioning of individuals, groups, and societies. Silence can represent things taken for granted, and also things unsayable. The memory implications…
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Current Issues in Applied Memory Research

• Edited by Graham M. Davies, and Daniel B. Wright.

Published November 2009

Research on applied memory is one of the most active, interesting and vibrant areas in experimental psychology today. This book provides descriptions of cutting-edge research and applies them to three key areas of contemporary investigation: education, the law and neuroscience. In the area of…
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The Development of Autobiographical Memory

• By Hans J. Markowitsch, and Harald Welzer.

Published October 2009

Autobiographical memory constitutes an essential part of our personality, giving us the ability to distinguish ourselves as an individual with a past, present and future. This book reveals how the development of a conscious self, an integrated personality and an autobiographical memory are all…
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