| The Sage Handbook of Applied Memory Contributor(s): Perfect, Timothy J. (Editor), Lindsay, D. Stephen (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1446208427 ISBN-13: 9781446208427 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Applied Psychology - Psychology | Cognitive Psychology & Cognition |
| Dewey: 153.13 |
| Physical Information: 1.86" H x 7.14" W x 9.92" (3.27 lbs) 752 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A fabulous collection of essays on memory in the real world. The leading scholars have been assembled to produce a volume that is intellectually rich, up-to-date, and truly important. - Elizabeth F. Loftus, Distinguished Professor, University of California, Irvine An invaluable resource for anyone wishing to access the current state of knowledge of, or contemplating research into, the growing area of applied memory research. - Graham Davies, Editor, Applied Cognitive Psychology The SAGE Handbook of Applied Memory is the first of its kind to focus specifically on this vibrant and progressive field. It offers a broad and comprehensive coverage of recent theoretical and empirical research advances in the psychology of memory as they apply to a range of applied issues, and offers advanced students and researchers the opportunity to survey the literature in the psychology of memory across a range of applied domains. Arranged into four sections: Everyday Memory; Social and Individual Differences in Memory; Subjective Experience of Memory; and Eyewitness Memory, this handbook provides a comprehensive summary and evaluation of scientific memory research as well as theory in a broad range of applied topics including those in cognitive, forensic and experimental psychology. Brought together by world-leading scholars from across the globe, The SAGE Handbook of Applied Memory will be of great interest to all advanced students and academics with an interest in all aspects of applied memory. |
Contributor Bio(s): Perfect, Timothy J.: - Tim Perfect is Professor of Experimental Psychology at Plymouth University, UK. He received his PhD from the University of Manchester in 1989, and worked at Liverpool and Bristol Universities before joining Plymouth University in 1999. His research focuses on theory and application in long-term memory. He has been on the editorial boards of Memory, and Applied Cognitive Psychology, and is on the governing boards of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, and the Experimental Psychology Society. He has also co-edited 3 other books: Models of Cognitive Aging, Applied Metacognition, and The Handbook of Applied Cognition, 2nd edition.Lindsay, D. Stephen: - D. Stephen (Steve) Lindsay is Professor of Psychology at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He received a BA from Reed College in 1981 and a PhD from Princeton University in 1987. Most of his research explores the cognitive processes by which individuals attribute thoughts, images, and feelings to particular sources (e.g., memory, knowledge, inference). He served as Editor of Journal of Experimental Psychology: General from 2002 to 2007, and recently began a term as an Associate Editor of Psychological Science. Prior to co-editing this volume, he co-edited two other books on human memory. He is also a glutton (ambiguity intended). |