NOTE: Each chapter includes
- Learning Objectives
- Chapter-Opening Vignette
- Chapter Review
- Memory Activity
- Questions
- Key Figures
1. The Study of Memory
Chapter-Opening Vignette: Total Recall?
What is Memory?
The History of the Study of
Memory
Trends in Memory Research from 1890 to 1970
Early Research into the Neuroscience of Memory
The Cognitive Revolution
Key Events in Memory Research Following the Cognitive Revolution
Theoretical Approaches to Studying Memory
A Brief Introduction to the Neuroscience of
Memory
2. Sensory Persistence and Information Persistence
Chapter-Opening Vignette: Patient X: A Man with a Deficit in Auditory Sensory Memory
Sensory Memory
Information Persistence
The Neuroscience of Sensory Persistence and Information Persistence of Visual
Information
Chapter Review
Memory Activity: Dispelling the Iconic Memory Theory
3. Short-Term Memory and Working Memory
Chapter-Opening Vignette: Mental Calculators
Short-term Memory (STM)
Working Memory
The Neuroscience of Short-Term Memory and Working
Memory
Working Memory and Emotional Regulation
4. Long-Term Memory
Chapter-Opening Vignette: The Case of H.M. in More Detail
Long-term Memory
Hebbian Plasticity
The Neuroscience of Long-Term Memory: Long-Term Potentiation
Revisiting the Role of the Hippocampus in
Long-Term Memory
The Two-Stage Model of Memory
Multiple-Trace Theory
Reconsolidation
What Happens in the Brain during Retrieval?
Summary
5. Explicit and Implicit Memory
Chapter-Opening Vignette: H.M. versus J.K.
The Implicit-Explicit Memory Distinction
The
Neuroscience of Explicit and Implicit Memory
Studying Implicit Memory
Chapter Review
Memory Activity: Using the Link Method to Memorize a Neural Circuit
6. Episodic Memory and Autobiographical Memory
Chapter-Opening Vignette: Extreme Episodic Memory: Hyperthymesia
What
is Episodic Memory?
The Neuroscience of Episodic Memory
Retrieving Episodic Memories
Phenomena Related to Episodic Memory
Episodic Memory is Distinct from Classical Conditioning
Autobiographical Memory
Conway's Model of Autobiographical Memory
The Neuroscience of
Autobiographical Memory
Flashbulb Memories
Phenomena Related to Autobiographical Memory
7. Generic Memory
Chapter-Opening Vignette: Ken Jennings: Extraordinary Recall for Ordinary Things
Introduction
Early Models of Generic Memory
The Compound Cue Model
The
Hub-and-Spoke Model
The Neuroscience of Generic Memory
The Neuroscience of Concepts
Concepts and Categorization
Schemas and Scripts
How did Ken Jennings Conquer Jeopardy!?
8. Forgetting
Chapter-Opening Vignette: Forgetting is a Good Thing
Introduction
The
Seven Sins of Memory
The Time Course of Forgetting
Disruption in Consolidation as a Source of Forgetting
Early Models of Forgetting: Decay Theory and Interference Theory
The Neuroscience of Forgetting
Retrieval Induced Forgetting
Motivated Forgetting
Summary
9.
Memory across the Lifespan
Chapter-Opening Vignette: Jake Hausler
Introduction
Memory before Birth and Memory in Newborns
Infant Memory
Models of Memory Development
Memory in Childhood
Memory and Aging
The Neuroscience of the Ageing Brain
10. Memory and Our
Social Selves
Chapter-Opening Vignette: The Search for Bridey Murphy
Introduction
The Impact of Collaboration on Recall
The Effect of Conversational Remembering on Subsequent Memory
Implicit Memory and Social Behaviour
The Implicit-Association Test
Cognitive
Dissonance and Its Influence on Autobiographical Memory
11. Memory and the Law
Chapter-Opening Vignette: Thomas Sophonow
Eyewitness Memory
Repressed Memory
Memory and False Confessions
Identification Procedures
New Approaches to Suspect
Identification
Juries
Brain Fingerprinting
Memory Activity: How Good Is Your Eyewitness Memory?
12. Memory and the Marketplace
Chapter-Opening Vignette: Scary Memories Sell Products
Memory and Advertising
Memory and Politics
13. Memory, the Body, and
Health
Chapter-Opening Vignette: Clive Wearing
Introduction
Dementia
Memory
Health Conditions That Can Lead to Memory Loss
Substances That Affect Memory
The Effect of Memory on Health and Healthcare
Recommendations
14. Exceptional Memory, Mnemonics, and
Expertise
Chapter-Opening Vignette: Alex Mullen
Memory Athletes
A Demonstration of the Method of Loci
Testing Effects
Expertise
Instructor's Manual:
· Sample syllabus
· Lesson plans
For each chapter:
- Chapter overviews
- 3-4 in-class and online exercises/assignments
- Links to additional resources, including podcasts and videos
Student Study Guide:
For each chapter:
-
Chapter summary
- 10-15 study questions
- Answer key
- Links to online resources
PowerPoint Slides:
For each chapter:
- 15-20 slides per chapter
- Images from the text where appropriate
Test Generator:
For each chapter:
- 50-60 multiple choice
questions
- 8-10 short answer questions
- 3-5 essay questions
- Answer key
Discovery Labs
· Access code required - access code is included for free with the purchase of a new book in any format
- Interactive activities and experiments that allow students to explore and
interact with processes, phenomena, and structures in human memory
- Includes models that illustrate key concepts (particularly visual and auditory concepts) that students cannot experience while reading a textbook
PowerPoint Presentation Labs
- Instructor resource
- Provides
walkthroughs of classic and experimental labs
- Ideal in cases where in-class labs are not possible (such as in online courses)
Carolyn Ensley has taught courses relating sensation and perception, cognition, history and learning at Wilfrid Laurier University since 2004 where she has a standing appointment in the department. Carolyn was responsible for creating the labs for Discovery Labs for Cognition and for the
updated boxes in Chaudhuri, Fundamentals of Sensory Perception.
