Superior Memory

ISBN-13: 9780863774560 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 188 str.

John Wilding; Elizabeth Valentine

Opis

These authors examine the nature and causal antecedents of superior memory performance. The main theme is that such a performance may depend on either specific memory techniques or natural superiority in the efficiency of one or more processes. The authors argue that, in some cases, unusual memory ability is not dependent on the use of special techniques. The monograph raises questions concerning the existance and nature of individual difference in memory ability, their relation to other cognitive processees and implications for theories concerning the structure of memory.

Recenzje

This book gives a clear and thoughtful account of a psychometric agenda for research into memory abilities that vary from person to person and, in particular, that might be especially strong in individuals who show 'superior memory'... The book starts by describing some astonishing, but well attested, feats of memory and goes on to give a full and valuable review of case studies about individuals who show exceptional accomplishments of memory...The book will interest researchers in the fields of memory and differential psychology and will be cited in research literature for a long time to come. - Ian Hunter (University of Keele)

This remarkable book carefully reviews evidence at the other extreme of the distribution of memory performance - namely, exceptionally superior memory. As any commendable book should do, Superior Memory ends with new, exciting questions about the origins of individual differences in naturally attained memory in everyday activities. - K. Anders Ericsson, Florida State University, in Contemporary Psychology

Spis treści

What is Superior Memory? Previous Studies of Superior Memory. The Nature and Nurture of Memory. The Search for Superior Memories: Is Anyone Out There? Memory Champions. General Memory Ability and Forgetting: Evidence from the Group Data. Conclusions.

O autorze

John Wilding, Elizabeth Valentine