- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd; New edition edition (1 Jun 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1844427803
- ISBN-13: 978-1844427802
- Product Dimensions: 25.8 x 19 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 271,090 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Brand new edition of this fascinating guide to one of the most vital human faculties: the memory. It tells you how your memory works and how to make it work for you. We all have inside our head a system of classifying, storing and retrieving information that exceeds the capacity of the best computer in flexibility and speed. Yet the same system is so limited and unreliable that it cannot remember a nine-figure number long enough to dial it. So how does memory work? How can it be so efficient, yet sometimes so inadequate? Alan Baddeley, one of the world's leading authorities, answers all these questions and more. He unveils the mechanisms of memory while offering practical exercises and useful advice on improving its quality and capacity.
About the Author
Alan Baddeley is professor of Psychology at the University of York. He has previously held professorships at the Universities of Stirling, Bristol and Cambridge and visiting appointments at the Universities of California, Harvard, Otago, Queensland and Texas. He has written five books on memory, and edited a further seven. He was awarded a CBE for his contributions to this field. He has received the American Psychological Association's award for Distinguished Contributions to Research. He has a life-long interest in the study of human memory, and in its deficits following disease or brain damage. He is married and has recently moved to York.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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As a, somewhat old, university student, I bought this book because the subject interested me and I was writing an essay on it. Its content is intriguing, informative and always written in a style which is easily understood. As a means of learning about how part of our brain works it is excellent.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This book is good, but written in a slightly professorial tone. The research presented is interesting, as the discussion. But I found it unpractical and difficult to use. I have read other books on the subject, more abordable. Good work, but I expected more.
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Excellent book from an excellent author. If you want to learn about what is the human memory, then Your memory is a good start. Alan Baddeley's writing makes the journey through the human brain enjoyable even to people who never had the opportunity to get in touch with cognitive psychology. If the reader wants to go fearther into the human memory i strongly recommend Professor Baddeley's other books.
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