Models of Human Memory

Models of Human Memory
Author: Donald A. Norman
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 556
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1483258203

Models of Human Memory provides an overview of the state of knowledge on human memory models. The book begins with an introductory chapter on the basic stages of the memory system and the historical roots of memory models. The remaining chapters are organized into five parts. Part I on memory systems covers topics such as a system for perception and memory; multi-trace strength theory of memory; and a model for postperceptual verbal memory that postulates a single memory store, with multiple copies, called replicas, created in memory by rehearsal processes. Part II presents studies phoneme storage and word recognition. Part III on memory for associations examines the storage-retrieval theory for the memorizing processes and presents simple model of short-term memory (STM) for paired associates. Part IV on storage and retrieval mechanisms deals with mechanisms of repetition and rehearsal in short-term memory; models of recall and recognition; and memory search models. Part V presents a theory of human long-term associative memory; and examines conceptual and methodological interactions between information-processing investigations of cognitive activity and attempts to build models of memory.

Modeling Human and Organizational Behavior

Modeling Human and Organizational Behavior
Author: Panel on Modeling Human Behavior and Command Decision Making: Representations for Military Simulations
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 433
Release: 1998-08-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0309523893

Simulations are widely used in the military for training personnel, analyzing proposed equipment, and rehearsing missions, and these simulations need realistic models of human behavior. This book draws together a wide variety of theoretical and applied research in human behavior modeling that can be considered for use in those simulations. It covers behavior at the individual, unit, and command level. At the individual soldier level, the topics covered include attention, learning, memory, decisionmaking, perception, situation awareness, and planning. At the unit level, the focus is on command and control. The book provides short-, medium-, and long-term goals for research and development of more realistic models of human behavior.

Models of Working Memory

Models of Working Memory
Author: Akira Miyake
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 532
Release: 1999-04-13
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780521587211

This volume offers a much-needed forum for comparing and contrasting existing models of working memory.

Neuropsychological Impairments of Short-Term Memory

Neuropsychological Impairments of Short-Term Memory
Author: Giuseppe Vallar
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2007-09-21
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780521042758

This work summarizes the current state of empirical and theoretical work on impairments of short-term memory (often caused by damage in the left cerebral hemisphere) and contains chapters from virtually every scientist in Europe and North America working on the problem. The chapters present evidence from both normal and brain-damaged patients, providing a comprehensive view of the functional characteristics of auditory-verbal short-term memory and its neurobiological correlates. Two neuropsychological issues are discussed in detail: the specific patterns of immediate memory impairment resulting from brain damage, with reference to both multi-store and the interactive-activation theoretical frameworks, and the relation between verbal STM and sentence comprehension disorders in patients with a defective immediate auditory memory, an area of major controversy in recent years.

Cognitive Models of Memory

Cognitive Models of Memory
Author: Martin A. Conway
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 390
Release: 1997
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780262531481

The chapters of this volume evaluate models of the short-term retention of knowledge, conceptual knowledge, autobiographical knowledge, transitory mental representations, the neurobiological basis of memory, and age-related changes in human memory.

Gateway to Memory

Gateway to Memory
Author: Mark A. Gluck
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 470
Release: 2001
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780262571524

This book is for students and researchers who have a specific interest in learning and memory and want to understand how computational models can be integrated into experimental research on the hippocampus and learning. It emphasizes the function of brain structures as they give rise to behavior, rather than the molecular or neuronal details. It also emphasizes the process of modeling, rather than the mathematical details of the models themselves. The book is divided into two parts. The first part provides a tutorial introduction to topics in neuroscience, the psychology of learning and memory, and the theory of neural network models. The second part, the core of the book, reviews computational models of how the hippocampus cooperates with other brain structures -- including the entorhinal cortex, basal forebrain, cerebellum, and primary sensory and motor cortices -- to support learning and memory in both animals and humans. The book assumes no prior knowledge of computational modeling or mathematics. For those who wish to delve more deeply into the formal details of the models, there are optional "mathboxes" and appendices. The book also includes extensive references and suggestions for further readings.

Models of Short-term Memory

Models of Short-term Memory
Author: Susan E. Gathercole
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 1996
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780863774164

This volume offers a collection of the theoretical perspectives that represent the cutting edge of theorising in the area of short-term memory. The contributors, all with long-standing international reputations in this area, have provided overviews of models of short-term memory that are driving current research and thinking in the area, with particular emphasis placed on the detailed description of the functioning of the models. This book will appeal to active researchers in the area of memory, to graduate students, and to academics who wish to update their knowledge of this highly active and fast-developing area of research and theory. Although the book is primarily designed for this advanced study market, the lucid style adopted by the contributors in providing overviews of their models of short-term memory will also appeal to final-year undergraduate students studying in this area.

The Oxford Handbook of Computational and Mathematical Psychology

The Oxford Handbook of Computational and Mathematical Psychology
Author: Jerome R. Busemeyer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 425
Release: 2015
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0199957991

This Oxford Handbook offers a comprehensive and authoritative review of important developments in computational and mathematical psychology. With chapters written by leading scientists across a variety of subdisciplines, it examines the field's influence on related research areas such as cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, clinical psychology, and neuroscience. The Handbook emphasizes examples and applications of the latest research, and will appeal to readers possessing various levels of modeling experience. The Oxford Handbook of Computational and mathematical Psychology covers the key developments in elementary cognitive mechanisms (signal detection, information processing, reinforcement learning), basic cognitive skills (perceptual judgment, categorization, episodic memory), higher-level cognition (Bayesian cognition, decision making, semantic memory, shape perception), modeling tools (Bayesian estimation and other new model comparison methods), and emerging new directions in computation and mathematical psychology (neurocognitive modeling, applications to clinical psychology, quantum cognition). The Handbook would make an ideal graduate-level textbook for courses in computational and mathematical psychology. Readers ranging from advanced undergraduates to experienced faculty members and researchers in virtually any area of psychology--including cognitive science and related social and behavioral sciences such as consumer behavior and communication--will find the text useful.

How We Think and Learn

How We Think and Learn
Author: Jeanne Ellis Ormrod
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2017-02-13
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1107165113

This book introduces readers to principles and research findings about human learning and cognition in an engaging, conversational manner.

On Human Memory

On Human Memory
Author: Chizuko Izawa
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1999-04
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 113567874X

This volume honors the Atkinson-Shiffrin model of memory proposed in 1968 with chapters that critique, extend, and build off this influential development in cognitive psychology. For memory researchers, cognitive scientists, & historians of psychology.