Working Memory, Thought, and Action, 1st Edition
$228.64
- Hardcover
432 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2007
Summary
‘Working Memory, Thought, and Action’ is the magnum opus of one of the most influential cognitive psychologists of the past 50 years. This new volume on the model he created (with Graham Hitch) discusses the developments that have occurred within the model in the past twenty years, and places it within a broader context.Working memory is a temporary storage system that underpins our capacity for coherent thought. Some 30 years ago, Baddeleyand Hitch proposed a way of thinking about working me…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198528005 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0198528000 |
| Author: | Alan Baddeley |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2007 |
| Weight: | 770g |
| Dimensions: | 241mm x 162mm x 29mm |
| Series: | Oxford Psychology Series |
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Critics Review
“Researchers who are looking for up-to-date research summaries will find the book rewarding. Those working in other fields, such as anxiety and depression, will find sufficient reason to pay attention to the role of working memory in these areas…In short, this is a book that deserves wide readership.”–PsycCritiques
About The Author
Alan Baddeley
Alan Baddeley succeeded Donald Broadbent as Director of the APU in Cambridge. Some 20 years later he moved to Bristol University. He is now at University of York where he has re-established his old collaboration with Graham Hitch. His interests are in human memory in general and working memory more specifically, and in combining basic and applied research. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, of the European Academy and is a foreign member of the American Academyof Arts and Sciences. He has received the APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, the Aristotle Prize for contributions to European Psychology, and was awarded the CBE for contributions to thestudy of memory.
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