ABSTRACT

In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts present themselves career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major theoretical and practical contributions.

Alan Baddeley has an international reputation as an eminent scholar and pioneer in the field of human memory, and is principally known for the theory of working memory, devised with Graham Hitch. This model continues to be valuable today in recognising the functions of short-term memory. This volume includes a specially written introduction by Alan Baddeley which gives an overview of the start of his career and his entry into the field of Psychology. Throughout the book he also provides introductions to the selection of works included and contextualises them in relation to changes in the field during this time. Exploring Working Memory includes the author’s most influential publications on topics including short-term memory, the distinctions between short and long-term memory, the theory of working memory, the phonological loop, the concept of the central executive, and the episodic buffer. This exceptional selection concludes with an article giving a broad overview of the author’s current views on working memory and its relation to other theories in the field.

Through his outstanding work Alan Baddeley has become known as a world-leading expert on human memory. Exploring Working Memory is a unique collection which will be of great interest to both students and researchers interested in human memory from psychology backgrounds.

 

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

part II|68 pages

A multicomponent model

chapter 4|37 pages

Working memory

chapter 5|19 pages

The recency effect

Implicit learning with explicit retrieval?

chapter 6|8 pages

The concept of working memory

A view of its current state and probable future development

part IV|44 pages

The visuo-spatial sketchpad 1

part V|3 pages

The central executive

chapter 14|6 pages

The central executive

A concept and some misconceptions

chapter 15|27 pages

Exploring the central executive

part VI|75 pages

The episodic buffer

chapter 17|15 pages

The episodic buffer

A new component of working memory?

chapter 18|20 pages

Binding in visual working memory

The role of the episodic buffer

chapter 19|38 pages

Working memory

Theories, models, and controversies