Learning and memory of knowledge and skills durability and specificity

Why do people forget some skills faster than others? What kind of training is most effective at getting people to retain new skills over a longer period of time? Cognitive psychologists address these questions in this volume by analyzing the results of experiments which used a wide variety of per...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Healy, Alice F. (-), Bourne, Lyle Eugene, Jr., 1932-
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE c1995.
Edición:1st ed
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Sumario:Why do people forget some skills faster than others? What kind of training is most effective at getting people to retain new skills over a longer period of time? Cognitive psychologists address these questions in this volume by analyzing the results of experiments which used a wide variety of perceptual, cognitive and motoric training tasks. Studies reported on include: the Stroop effect; mental calculation; vocabulary retention; contextual interference effects; autobiographical memory; target detection; and specificity and transfer in choice reaction time tasks. Each chapter expl
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 358 p.) : ill
Público:Specialized.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781322421636
9781483326887
9781452254999