Memory

by Alan Baddeley, Michael W. Eysenck, Michael C. Anderson

Overview

This key textbook, now in its fourth edition, provides students with the most comprehensive introduction to the study of human memory and its applications in the field. Written by three leading experts, it delivers an authoritative and accessible overview of key topic areas. Each chapter combines breadth of content coverage with a wealth of relevant practical examples, while the engaging writing style invites the reader to share the authors' fascination with the exploration of memory through their individual areas of expertise. Across the text, the scientific theory is connected to a range of real-world questions and everyday human experiences.This new edition:

- Has been fully revised and updated to address the latest research, theories, and applications, including a new second chapter that acts as a one-stop overview of the full range of neuroscience methods for studying memory.
- Includes new or expanded coverage of collective memory, spatial memory, explicit and implicit memory, episodic and autobiographical memory, and the functional role of memory in more complex tasks. It also features a greater emphasis on memory in the real world, practical applications, and the impact of memory research on everyday life.
- Has been updated for more inclusive language and representation of people and research across race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender identity, and neurodiversity.

This edition of Memory is an essential resource for those embarking on their studies in this important field, or with an interest in the topic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032592084
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/13/2025
Edition description:	4th ed.
Pages:	756
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alan Baddeley is Professor of Psychology at the University of York, UK. He was awarded a CBE for his contributions to the study of memory and is a Fellow of the Royal Society, the British Academy, the Academy of Medical Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Michael W. Eysenck is Professor Emeritus in Psychology and Honorary Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He is also a Professorial Fellow at the University of Roehampton. He received a Lifetime Career Award from the Stress and Anxiety Research Society in 2009.

Michael C. Anderson is Senior Scientist and Programme Leader at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, UK.

Table of Contents

1. What is Memory?

2. Memory and the Brain

3. Short-term Memory

4. Working Memory

5. Learning

6. Episodic Memory: Organizing and Remembering

7. Semantic Memory and Stored Knowledge

8. Retrieval

9. Incidental Forgetting

10. Motivated Forgetting

11. Autobiographical Memory

12. Eyewitness Testimony

13. Prospective Memory

14. Memory Across the Lifespan: Growing Up

15. Memory and Aging

16. When Memory Systems Fail

17. Improving Your Memory

Editorial Reviews

"With this exciting third edition of Memory, three leading researchers once again manage to combine accessible writing with expert coverage of classic studies and recent cutting-edge developments. As in the excellent previous editions, they effectively integrate material from cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, and neuroimaging to provide students with a broad perspective on key findings and ideas about memory. I enthusiastically recommend this outstanding text." — Daniel L. Schacter, Harvard University, USA

"In this third edition, Baddeley, Eysenck, and Anderson have surpassed even their own high standards set by the previous two editions for accessible and comprehensive scholarship. They integrate seamlessly, the understanding of brain function and structure in the healthy and damaged brain, cognitive theory, experimental cognitive psychology, and the applicability of memory research to life outside of the laboratory. This is all presented with their hallmark clarity of informed writing that achieves both an introduction to undergraduates, and an authoritative source for new and established researchers." — Robert Logie, University of Edinburgh, UK

"This third edition of Memory continues to meet the outstanding standards set by previous editions. It is an authoritative account of recent and classical theories and findings written in an engaging personal style by top researchers in the field. The coverage runs from observational studies of everyday memory successes and failures through clinical cases of memory disorders to current work on the neural correlates of learning and memory. The book can be strongly recommended as a highly readable introduction to the exciting world of memory research for both students and the general reader." — Fergus Craik, Rotman Research Institute, Canada

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