Overview
For decades, the fundamental processes underlying memory and attention have been understood within an ""information processing"" framework in which information passes from one processing stage to another, leading eventually to a response. More recently, however, the attempt to build a general theoretical framework for information processing has been largely supplanted in favor of two more recent approaches: parallel/connectionist models of processing and direct investigations of brain function. In Memory and Attention, cognitive psychologist Nelson Cowan reconciles theoretical conflicts in the literature to presents an important, analytical update of the traditional information-processing approach by modifying it to incorporate the last few decades of research on memory, attention, and brain functioning. Throughout, the author cogently considers and ultimately refutes recent challenges to the fundamental assumption of the existence of special short-term memory and selective attention faculties. He also draws a new distinction between memory processes operating inside and outside of the focus of attention. Coherent and balanced, the book offers a clearer understanding of how memory and attention operate together, and how both functions are produced by brain processes. It will be welcomed by students and researchers in cognitive psychology.
Full Product Details
Author: Nelson Cowan (Associate Professor of Psychology, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Missouri-Columbia)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Volume: 26
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.476kg
ISBN: 9780195119107
ISBN 10: 019511910
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 26 February 1998
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Students and researchers. . .intrigued by the continuing debates over memory and attention models and their neurological interface will find this a thoughtful and timely work. --Choice<br>
<br> Students and researchers. . .intrigued by the continuing debates over memory and attention models and their neurological interface will find this a thoughtful and timely work. --Choice<p><br>
"""Students and researchers. . .intrigued by the continuing debates over memory and attention models and their neurological interface will find this a thoughtful and timely work."" --Choice ""Students and researchers. . .intrigued by the continuing debates over memory and attention models and their neurological interface will find this a thoughtful and timely work."" --Choice"
