Working memories : postmen, divers and the cognitive revolution / Alan Baddeley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baddeley, Alan D., 1934- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive science.

Psychology, Applied.

Neurosciences.

Memory.

Physical Description:

xvi, 357 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Contents:

Growing up in Yorkshire

Psychology in the 1950s : seeds of the cognitive revolution

The trip of a lifetime

In search of a job

From cognitive science to applied psychology

Psychology under water

Practical applications and theoretical implications: postmen and watchkeepers

Acoustic and semantic codes : evidence for separate memory systems?

From full-time research to a new university

Amnesia

California and new directions in memory research

The emergence of semantic memory

Working memory and the phonological loop

Working memory and visual imagery

Returning to the unit

Encounters with the law

Stress: from sky diving to anaesthetics

When long-term memory fails

Working memory and language

Boston and the central executive

Psychology around the world

The episodic buffer

Patients, parasites and mobile phones

Working memory in context: neuroscience, emotion and philosophy

Exploring the episodic buffer

Summing up: from behaviourism to cognitive neuroscience

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138646346

1138646342

9781138646353

1138646350

OCLC:

1037883409