Working Memory, Thought, and Action by Alan Baddeley
'Working Memory, Thought, and Action' is the magnum opus of one of the most influential cognitive psychologists of the past 50 years. This new volume on the model he created (with Grahame Hitch) discusses the developments that have occurred within the model in the past twenty years, and places it within a broader context.
Who will want to read this book?..researchers looking for up-to-date research summaries will find the book rewarding...the accessable and amiable writing style will ensure that student readers will not be intimidated...in short, this is a book that deserves a wide readership. * PsycCRITIQUES *
Alan Baddeley succeeded Donald Broadbent as Director of the APU in Cambridge. Some 20 years later he moved to Bristol University. He is now at University of York where he has re-established his old collaboration with Graham Hitch. His interests are in human memory in general and working memory more specifically, and in combining basic and applied research. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, of the European Academy and is a foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has received the APA Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, the Aristotle Prize for contributions to European Psychology, and was awarded the CBE for contributions to the study of memory.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198528012 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198528019 |
| Title | Working Memory, Thought, and Action |
| Author | Alan Baddeley |
| Series | Oxford Psychology Series |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 2007-03-15 |
| Number of pages | 432 |
| Prizes | Winner of 2009 British Psychological Society Book Award. |
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