Working Memory - Loss and Reconstruction

List of contents

1. What is working memory? 2. Time and working memory 3. Time-based resource sharing 4. Working memory loss 5. Working memory reconstruction 6. A working memory architecture 7. Working memory in development and individual differences 8. Controversies and prospects in working memory Epilogue: Searching for working memory

About the author

Pierre Barrouillet is Professor of developmental psychology at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and Director of the Archives Jean Piaget. His research investigates the development of numerical cognition, conditional reasoning, as well as the functioning and development of working memory.
Valérie Camos is Professor of developmental psychology at the Université of Fribourg, Switzerland. She created and currently heads the Fribourg Center for Cognition, a multidisciplinary research centre. Aside from her research on working memory, she is also still interested in numerical cognition.

Summary

The book presents a synthesis and a critical review of the past and present literature about working memory. It provides the first presentation of a new theory of working memory, the Time-Based Resource-Sharing (TBRS) model, and shows its application to several areas of cognition.

Product details

• Authors: Pierre Barrouillet, Barrouillet Pierre, Valerie Camos, Valérie Camos
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.09.2014
• EAN: 9781848722668
• ISBN: 978-1-84872-266-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Essays in Cognitive Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; memory, PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Child & developmental psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Neurosciences, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology