Successful remembering and successful forgetting a festschrift in honor of Robert A. Bjork

The chapters in this volume are testament to the many ways in which Robert Bjork's ideas have shaped the course of research on human memory over four decades. It showcases the theoretical advances and recent findings by researchers whose work and careers have been influenced by Bjork.The first...

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Other Authors: Benjamin, Aaron S. (-), Bjork, Robert A.
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Psychology Press 2011.
New York, N.Y. : 2011.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798201306719
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Summary:The chapters in this volume are testament to the many ways in which Robert Bjork's ideas have shaped the course of research on human memory over four decades. It showcases the theoretical advances and recent findings by researchers whose work and careers have been influenced by Bjork.The first group of chapters explore the idea that forgetting is an adaptive response to the demands of a retrieval system fraught with competition - an idea that has helped recalibrate conceptualizations of memory away from one in which in which the computer is the dominant metaphor. Several chapt
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Physical Description:1 online resource (560 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781136906633
9781136906640
9781283037259
9786613037251
9780203842539