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A growing body of research suggests that there is a specific cognitive deficit in the retrieval of proper names as compared with the retrieval of object names and other words. This special issue brings together studies that analyse the nature of retrieval failure for proper names and evaluate whether a common memory system can adequately account for the representation and retrieval of both proper and common names. The contributions reflect experimental, ecological, developmental, neuropsychological and computational approaches.

The Fenian Raid/ Battle of Ridgeway 1866. This story wets your appetite for the history of tempetuous times in American-Canadian history. The Civil war had just ended and many brave but misguided Irish men died in joining rebellious conspiracies against constitutional goverment. Every means was necessary to bring about the emancipation of Ireland from Great Britain. Many of these soldiers were recruited from the brothels of that day, which were the meeting places. This story is a love story with the background of the Fenian Raids. Fenian Raids is a forgotten period of American history where...

This volume addresses both the research on language in old age relevant to memory, and memory research relevant to language in old age. In recent years, there has been an upsurge of interest in the aging process as it affects cognition. Most research attention has been focused on memory and relatively little has been focused on language in the elderly. The authors draw on a range of methodologies and compare young and older adults (both normal and demented). Representing the major perspectives in contemporary cognition theory, they raise such current issues as the role of awareness in memory...

From a cognitive standpoint, the authors consider the role of awareness in memory and language.