The Cognitive Revolution of the 1950's dramatically changed the way that psychological research and studies were undertaken. Leaving behind traditional behaviourist approaches popular at the time, psychology began to utilise artificial intelligence and computer science to develop testable theories and design ground-breaking new experiments. In Working Memories, Alan Baddeley draws on his own personal experience of this time, recounting the radical development of a science in parallel with his own transatlantic career. The book will present unique insights into the mind and...

The Cognitive Revolution of the 1950's dramatically changed the way that psychological research and studies were undertaken. Leaving behind traditional behaviourist approaches popular at the time, psychology began to utilise artificial intelligence and computer science to develop testable theories and design ground-breaking new experiments. In Working Memories, Alan Baddeley draws on his own personal experience of this time, recounting the radical development of a science in parallel with his own transatlantic career. The book will present unique insights into the mind and...

In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major practical theoretical contributions.

Alan Baddeley has an international reputation as an eminent scholar and pioneer in the field of human memory, and is principally known for the theory of working memory, devised with Graham Hitch. This model continues to be valuable today in recognising the functions of short-term memory. This volume includes a specially...