Baddeley, Alan D., 1934-

Working memories : postmen, divers and the cognitive revolution / Alan Baddeley. - 1 Edition. - 357 pages

Includes index.

Growing up in yorkshire -- Psychology in the 1950s : seeds of the cognitive revolution -- The trip of a lifetime -- In search of a job -- From cognitive science to applied psychology -- Psychology under water -- Practical applications and theoretical implications: postmen and watchkeepers -- Acoustic and semantic codes : evidence for separate memory systems? -- From full-time research to a new university -- California and new directions in memory research -- The emergence of semantic memory -- Working memory and the phonological loop -- Working memory and visual imagery -- Returning to the unit -- Encounters with the law -- Stress: from sky diving to anaesthetics -- When long-term memory fails -- Working memory and language -- Boston and the central executive -- Chapter 21psychology around the world -- The episodic buffer -- Patients, parasites and mobile phones -- Working memory in context: neuroscience, emotion and philosophy -- Exploring the episodic buffer -- Summing up: from behaviourism to cognitive neuroscience -- Index.

9781138646346 (hardback) 9781138646353 (pbk.)

2018014431


Cognitive science.
Psychology, Applied.
Neurosciences.
Memory.

BF311 / .B254 2019

153 / BAD.W