Working Memory (Oxford Psychology Series)

by Alan Baddeley

Book Overview

This ground-breaking text, now in a paperback edition, describes a new model for temporary memory--the brief, nonpermanent storage of information necessary for learning, reasoning, and comprehension. Dr. Baddeley outlines the concept of working memory, which entails a central executive controller and a number of "slave" systems. Two of these systems are justified in terms of experimental results from both normal and brain damaged subjects. The concept...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198521332
• ISBN13: 9780198521334
• Release Date: December 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.2" x 0.7" x 6.1"