Human Memory

List of Contributors

Preface


1. Commentary on "Human Memory: A Proposed System and Its Control Processes"

Human Memory: A Proposed System and its Control Processes

I. Introduction

II. Structural Features of the Memory System

III. Control Processes in Memory

IV. Experiments Concerned with Short-Term Processes

V. Experiments Concerned with Long-Term Search and Retrieval

VI. Concluding Remarks

References


2. Commentary on "Storage Mechanisms in Recall"

Further Work from Our Laboratory

Work by Other Investigators

Criticism of Multiple-Store Models and Proposed Alternatives

References

Storage Mechanisms in Recall

I. Introduction

II. Interactions with the Serial Position Curve

III. Estimation of STS

IV. Details of the Storage Process

V. Mnemonically Related Words

VI. Repeated Words

VII. Relation of Free Recall and the Model to Other Memory Tasks

VIII. Fixed-Order Recall

IX. Evaluation of Other Findings

X. General Characteristics of STS

XI. Relation of STS to Language Processing

XII. Closing Statement

References


3. Commentary on "Working Memory"

Consolidation

Extension to Other Problems

Applications of the Working Memory Concept

References

Working Memory

I. Introduction

II. The Search for a Common Working Memory System

III. A Proposed Working Memory System

IV. The Nature of the Recency Effect

V. Concluding Remarks

References


4. Commentary on "Reaction Time Measurements in the Study of Memory Processes: Theory and Data"

Reaction Time Measurements in the Study of Memory Processes: Theory and Data

I. Introduction

II. Self-Terminating Memory Scanning Model

III. Experimental Tests of the Model

IV. Summary and Conclusions

References


5. Commentary on "Organization and Memory"

The Major Findings Are Consolidated and Extended

Some Critics Are Confounded

We Are Surprised and Find Retrieval Processes in Recognition

Looking Backwards and Ahead

References

Organization and Memory

I. The Concept of Organization

II. The Limits of Memory and the Unitization Hypothesis

III. Clustering: The Organization of Recall

IV. Subjective Organization

V. Free and Constrained Conceptualization

VI. The Category-Recall Function

VII. The Organization of Memory

References


6. Commentary on "Elaborative Strategies in Verbal Learning and Memory"

Elaborative Strategies in Verbal Learning and Memory

I. Introduction

II. General Orientation—A Memory Model

III. Ss' Control of the Transfer of Information into LTS

IV. Summary and Conclusions

References


7. Commentary on "The Multicomponent Theory of the Memory Trace"

A Multicomponent Theory of the Memory Trace

I. Introduction

II. Forgetting of Component Information

III. New Experiments on Recall

IV. Recognition Memory

V. Related Aspects of Recall Performance

VI. Repetition and Redundancy in Trace Formation

VII. Perceptual Recognition of Degraded Stimuli

VIII. Commentary

References

Index