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Memory

Name: Memory
Brand: The MIT Press
SKU: 9780262545204-MTUSDTR
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Edition: US - Paperback / softback

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272 pages • 12.7 x 17.78 x 1.8 cm

Approx. weight: 0.21 kg

Publication date: 14 Feb,2023

Barcode/ ISBN: 9780262545204 • The MIT Press

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By: Fergus Craik, Larry Jacoby | Series: The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series

A short, accessible primer on human memory, its workings, feats, and flaws, by two leading psychological researchers.

Why do we vividly recall a traumatic childhood event but forget where we left our keys five minutes ago? How can a scent take us back fifty years while a colleague’s name eludes us? In this compact introduction, two leading psychological researchers describe memory—how it works and why it sometimes doesn’t; how it can be tricked, trained, or improved; and what changes with time.

In a manner as engaging as it is informative, Fergus Craik and Larry Jacoby explain the strengths and weaknesses of memory. They trace evolving ideas about memory’s function and present a down-to-earth account of modern views. Citing the latest research, they outline the processes for acquiring and retrieving memories and explore the distinction between conscious and unconscious processes. With insights into the workings of the brain, Craik and Jacoby also provide a succinct account of feats and failures of memory, emotion and false memories, and the effects of aging. Their book draws a clear picture, at once broad and concise, of current and classical views of memory, that most essential and often mysterious feature of human life.