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Summary: A Failed Attempt...
Review: There are many different scientific models of how human memory works. This book's authors posed the same eight questions to a dozen different experts in memory research. The hope was that intense contrast and comparison between different and seemingly contradictory models of how memory works would guide the reader to the next level of enlightenment. This book fails for two reasons. First, in each instance some of the questions asked are inappropriate given the model under discussion. No current theory of how human memory works addresses all issues; rather than to state the limits of her model, each contributing researcher tended to respond to some of the questions via informal discussion or even handwaiving. The second, and more serious failure, is the inability of the editors to guide the reader to any meaningful conclusions. By the end of the book we see twelve different models of human memory as nothing more than twelve different models of human memory; no "ahaa" has occured, no enlightenment via contrast and comparison. There are many, many better tomes. Save your time and money for these.
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Summary: A Failed Attempt...
Review: There are many different scientific models of how human memory works. This book's authors posed the same eight questions to a dozen different experts in memory research. The hope was that intense contrast and comparison between different and seemingly contradictory models of how memory works would guide the reader to the next level of enlightenment. This book fails for two reasons. First, in each instance some of the questions asked are inappropriate given the model under discussion. No current theory of how human memory works addresses all issues; rather than to state the limits of her model, each contributing researcher tended to respond to some of the questions via informal discussion or even handwaiving. The second, and more serious failure, is the inability of the editors to guide the reader to any meaningful conclusions. By the end of the book we see twelve different models of human memory as nothing more than twelve different models of human memory; no "ahaa" has occured, no enlightenment via contrast and comparison. There are many, many better tomes. Save your time and money for these.
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Summary: Extensive review of many topics on Working Memory
Review: This book presents a clear and friendly overview of the Working Memory (WM) field, but is by no way simplistic in its form. The reader will learn a lot about the system/process(es) debate, about the implication of WM in cognitive tasks, an so on. Contributors, as well as editors, are top level researchers in the domain. MUST be kown by any scientist working on the topic.
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