Memory Improvement Implications for Memory Theory
Memory Improvement: Implications for Memory Theory brings together researchers working on various aspects in the field. Recent findings on memory improvement are examined, and their relevance to memory theory is demonstrated. A majority of the chapters re
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Douglas J. Rerrmann / Rerbert Weingartner Alan Searleman / Cathy McEvoy Editors
Memory Improvement Implications for Memory Theory
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Douglas Hemnann National Center for Health Statistics Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Herbert Weingartner NIMH Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Alan Searleman Department ofPsychology St. Lawrence University Canton, NY 13617, USA
Cathy McEvoy Department of Aging and Mental Health University of South Florida 13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. Tampa, FL33612-3899, USA
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Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Memory improvement : implications for memory theory I edited by Douglas Herrmann ... [et al.]. p. cm.Includes bibliographieal references and indexes. ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-7656-2 e-ISBN-13: 978-1-4612-2760-1 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-2760-1 I. Memory-Congresses. 2. Mnemonics-Congresses. I. Herrmann, DouglasJ. [DNLM: l.Memory-congresses. BF 371 M5326] BF371.M4515 1992 153.1 '2-dc20 DNLM/DLC 92-2169 for Library of Congress Printed on acid-free paper. ©1992 by Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. Softcover reprint of the hardcover Ist edition 1992 All rights reserved. This work rnay not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written pennission of the publisher (Springer-Verlag New York, Ine., 175 Fifth Avenue, NewYork, NY 10010, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any fonn of infonnation storage and retrievaI, electronie adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissirnilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use of general descriptive names, trade names, trademarks, etc., in this publication, even if the fonner are not especially identified, is not to be taken as a sign that such names, as understood by the Trade Marks and Merchandise Marks Aet, rnay aeeordingly be used freely by anyone. Production rnanaged by Christin Ciresi; manufacturing supervised by Vincent Scelta. Camera-ready copy prepared by the editors using Wordperfect.
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For Our Spouses Donna Herrmann Liz Weingartner Douglas Nelson Janice Searleman
Preface
This text contains the lcctures presented at a conference titled "Memory Improvement: Implications for Memory Theory" which was held at Union College in October of 1990. We thank Union College, the Teabod Spencer Fund, and the Pew Foundation for their support of this conference. We are especially appreciative of Seth Greenberg and Hugh Foley for their efforts in making this conference possible. Individually and cOllectively, the four of us had been thinking of convening a conference to examine the most recent findings about memory improvement and to demonstrate the relevance of the new approach to memory improvement for a scientific understanding of human memory. Much to our good fortune, Dave Burrows of Skidmore College directed us to Seth and Hugh because he knew they were considering holding a conference concerned
