Handbook of Research Methods in Human Memory [Paperback]

The Handbook of Research Methods in Human Memory presents a collection of chapters on methodology used by researchers in investigating human memory. Understanding the basic cognitive function of human memory is critical in a wide variety of fields, such as clinical psychology, developmental psychology, education, neuroscience, and gerontology, and studying memory has become particularly urgent in recent years due to the prominence of a number of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimers. However, choosing the most appropriate method of research is a daunting task for most scholars. This book explores the methods that are currently available in various areas of human memory research and serves as a reference manual to help guide readers own research. Each chapter is written by prominent researchers and features cutting-edge research on human memory and cognition, with topics ranging from basic memory processes to cognitive neuroscience to further applications. The focus here is not on the what, but the how how research is best conducted on human memory.

Table of Content

1

History of Methods in Memory Science: From Ebbinghaus to fMRI

Hajime Otani, Bennett L. Schwartz, and Abby R. Knoll

2

Dependent Measures in Memory Research: From Free Recall to Recognition

Anne M Cleary

3

Measures of Forgetting

Benjamin C. Storm

4

Accuracy and Bias in Episodic Memory

Aysecan Boduroglu and Aycan Kapucu

5

Response Time Measures in Memory Research