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Human Memory: An Introduction to Research and Theory

The American Journal of PsychologyPublished 1 January 1982
Robert A. Malmi, Eugene B. Zechmeister, Stanley E. Nyberg
Citations95
SJR quartileQ2
SJR score0.22
SNIP0.39

Abstract

Introduction. Sensory registers: visual and acoustic stores. Primary memory. The role of rehearsal. Memory consolidation. Principles of forgetting: interference and altered stimulus conditions. Evidence for encoding on multiple dimensions. Memory for frequency of events. Distribution of practice. Recall, recognition and relearning. Metamemory: knowing about knowing. Levels of processing. Mnemonics. Constructive and reconstructive processes in memory. Individual differences in remembering. Appendix. References. Name index. Subject index.

Keywords

Neuroscience