Memory in Science for Society: There is Nothing as Practical as a Good Theory

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Product details:

• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0192665588
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780192665584
• Author: Robert Logie, Nelson Cowan , Susan Gathercole , Randall Engle , Zhisheng Wen

Memory is essential for every day life. The understanding and study of memory has continued to grow over the years, thanks to well controlled laboratory studies and theory development. However, major challenges arise when attempting to apply theories of memory function to practical problems in society. A theory might be robust in explaining experimental data but fail to capture all that is important when taken out of the lab.

The good news is that the application of memory in science to challenges in society is rapidly expanding, and Memory in Science for Society bridges that gap. Inspired by the synergy between theory and application in memory research, leading international researchers share their passion for combining memory in science with applications of that science to a wide range of challenges in society. Chapters demonstrate how that scientific passion has addressed challenges in education, life attainment, second language learning, remembering life events and faces of strangers, future planning and decision making, lifespan cognitive development and age-related cognitive decline, following instructions, and assessment and rehabilitation of cognitive impairment following brain damage.

Table contents:

1. Introduction: when applying memory theory does, and does not work

2. On applying cognitive psychology

3. The problem of face identification

4. Signal detection theory and eyewitness identification

5. Fuzzy trace theory: memory and decision-making in law, medicine, and public health

6. Episodic future thinking, memory, and decision-making: from theory to application

7. Working memory, intelligence, and life success: examining relations to academic achievement, job performance, physical health, mortality, and psychological well-being

8. The phonological loop as a neural network: from specific models to general principles

9. Working memory and child development with its windfalls and pitfalls

10. Working memory in action: remembering and following instructions

11. Parent–child autobiographical reminiscing as a foundation for literacy, memory, and science education

12. Working memory in language learning and bilingual development

13. Age-related changes in everyday prospective memory

14. Mental imagery: using working memory theory to design behaviour change interventions

15. Neuropsychology of working memory: from theory to clinic and from clinic to theory

16. Memory rehabilitation: to what extent does theory influence clinical practice?

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