Involuntary memory / edited by John H. Mace.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mace, John H.

Series:

New perspectives in cognitive psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Involuntary memory.

Physical Description:

ix, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2007.

Summary:

Involuntary memory was identified by the pioneering memory researcher Hermann Ebbinghaus more than a century ago, but it was not until very recently that cognitive psychologists began to study this memory phenomenon. This book is the first to examine key topics and cutting-edge research in involuntary memory. Topics discussed include involuntary memories in everyday life, across the life span, and in the laboratory; the special ways in which involuntary memories sometimes manifest themselves such as in voluntary remembering, or in clinical syndromes like posttraumatic stress disorder; and a number of theoretical treatments. The authors present innovative research on topics such as autobiographical memory; consciousness and memory; aging and memory; depression; and psychosis. With a balance of research and applications, this work will educate and ignite research and ideas on this important topic.

Contents:

Involuntary memory : concept and theory / John H. Mace

Involuntary autobiographical memories : speculations, findings, and an attempt to integrate them / Dorthe Berntsen

Does involuntary remembering occur during voluntary remembering? / John H. Mace

The role of involuntary memories in posttraumatic disorder and psychosis / Craig Steel and Emily A. Holmes

Effects of age on involuntary autobiographical memories / Simone Schlagman, Lia Kvavilashvili, and Joerg Schulz

Cues to the gusts of memory / Christopher T. Ball, John H. Mace, and Hercilia Corona

Can we elicit involuntary autobiographical memories in the laboratory? / Christopher T. Ball

Interaction between retrieval intentionality and emotional intensity : investigating the neural correlates of experimentally induced involuntary memories / Nicoline M. Hall

How deliberate, spontaneous, and unwanted memories emerge in a computational model of consciousness / Bernard J. Baars, Uma Ramamurthy, and Stan Franklin

Involuntary memories : variations on the unexpected / George Mandler.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1405136375

9781405136372

1405136383

9781405136389

OCLC:

71044211