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How memory is used in the service of larger intellectual goals

Table of Contents

Chapter 1
The Strategic Regulation of Memory Accuracy and Informativeness
Chapter 2
Response Bias in Recognition Memory
Chapter 3
What Constitutes a Model of Item-Based Memory Decisions?
Chapter 4
Prospective Memory and Metamemory: The Skilled Use of Basic Attentional and Memory Processes
Chapter 5
Memory is More Than Just Remembering: Strategic Control of Encoding, Accessing Memory, and Making Decisions
Chapter 6
The Adaptive and Strategic Use of Memory by Older Adults: Evaluative Processing and Value-Directed Remembering
Chapter 7
Experience is a Double-Edged Sword: A Computational Model of the Encoding/Retrieval Tradeoff with Familiarity
Chapter 8
Towards an Understanding of Individual Differences in Episodic Memory: Modeling the Dynamics of Recognition Memory
Chapter 9
The Role of Long-Term Working Memory in the Structure and Acquisition of Expert Performance

About the Author

Brian Ross received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1982. He is a professor in the UIUC Department of Psychology and a full-time faculty member in the Beckman Institute Cognitive Science Group. His fields of professional interest are cognitive psychology, human memory and learning, problem solving, acquisition of cognitive skills, remindings in learning and problem solving, and concepts and categories. Honors and awards: Arnold O. Beckman Research Award (1991, 1982); Beckman Fellow, UIUC Center for Advanced Study (1985-86); Sigma Xi.