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"A fabulous collection of essays on memory in the real world. The leading scholars have been assembled to produce a volume that is intellectually rich, up-to-date, and truly important."
- Elizabeth F. Loftus, Distinguished Professor, University of California, Irvine

"An invaluable resource for anyone wishing to access the current state of knowledge of, or contemplating research into, the growing area of applied memory research."
- Graham...

This book offers an updated account of the latest methodological and t heoretical issues in cognitive aging. Part of the Debates in Psycholog y series, it presents the arguments surrounding the currently controve rsial questions in cognitive aging. What is the appropriate methodolog y for understanding cognitive change? How many factors are necessary t o understand the patterns of age-related change? What might these fact ors be? The topics and arguments explored in a series of chapters by t he leading researchers in the field, and together they cover a broad r ange of cognitive functions...

There is a growing theoretical and practical interest in the topic of metacognition: how mental processses are monitored and controlled. This study overviews the relationship between theories in metacognition and their real-world applications. In addition to a theoretical overview, chapters cover metacognition in three areas: education, everyday life memory and in diverse populations.