After a historical overview, this text emphasizes the relationships among research, data, and theory in the field of memory, and covers areas including sensory memory, amnesia, and memory development.



This book balances coverage of theory, research, and data in order to promote a more complete understanding of how human memory works. The book strikes a balance between historically significant findings and current research. Actual experiments, both paper and pencil and online demonstrations, are included to help students see the link between theory and data.