Lifespan development of human memory

Graf, Peter (Professor of psychology) (Added Author). Ohta, Nobuo. (Added Author).

Summary: An original approach to memory development that views memory as a continuous process of growth and loss over the human lifespan rather than as a series of separate periods. Until recently, the vast majority of memory research used only university students and other young adults as subjects. Although such research successfully introduced new methodologies and theoretical concepts, it created a bias in our understanding of the lifespan development of memory. This book signals a departure from young-adult-centered research. It views the lifespan development of memory as a continuous process of growth and loss, where each phase of development raises unique questions favoring distinct research methods and theoretical approaches. Drawing on a broad range of investigative strategies, the book lays the foundation for a comprehensive understanding of the lifespan development of human memory. Topics include the childhood and adulthood development of working memory, episodic and autobiographical memory, and prospective memory, as well as the breakdown of memory functions in Alzheimer's disease. Of particular interest is the rich diversity of approaches, methods, and theories. The book takes an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing on work from psychology, psychiatry, gerontology, and biochemistry.

Record details

ISBN: 6612099879
ISBN: 9786612099878
ISBN: 9781282099876
ISBN: 1282099876
ISBN: 9780585436715
ISBN: 0585436711
ISBN: 0262274205
ISBN: 9780262274203
Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 299 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"A Bradford book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Formatted Contents Note:	Need for a lifespan developmental approach within memory research is more urgent than ever / Nobuo Ohta -- Developmental changes in working memory: a multicomponent view / Graham J. Hitch -- Childhood development of working memory: an examination of two basic parameters / Nelson Cowan -- Working memory and attentional processes across the lifespan / Anik De Ribaupierre -- Children's long-term memory of childhood events / Robyn Fivush -- Children's eyewitness memory: changing reports and changing representations / David F. Bjorklund, Rhonda D. Brown, and Barbara R. Bjorklund -- Role of knowledge in children's memory / Hidetsugu Tajika -- Age-related effects on memory in the context of age-related effects on cognition / Timothy A. Salthouse -- Autobiographical memory across the lifespan / David C. Rubin -- Memory development in adulthood and old age: the Betula prospective-cohort study / Lars-Göran Nilsson [and others] -- Nature and course of the memory impairment in Alzheimer's disease / Lars Bäckman, Brent J. Small, and Laura Fratiglioni -- Prospective memory across the lifespan / Elisabeth A. Maylor [and others] -- Prospective and retrospective memory in adulthood / Peter Graf, Bob Uttl, and Roger Dixon.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.