Attention And Memory: An Integrated Framework (oxford Psychology Series)
by Nelson Cowan /
1998 / English / PDF
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For decades, the fundamental processes underlying memory and
attention have been understood within an "information processing"
framework in which information passes from one processing stage to
another, leading eventually to a response. More recently, however,
the attempt to build a general theoretical framework for
information processing has been largely supplanted in favor of two
more recent approaches: parallel/connectionist models of processing
and direct investigations of brain function. In
For decades, the fundamental processes underlying memory and
attention have been understood within an "information processing"
framework in which information passes from one processing stage to
another, leading eventually to a response. More recently, however,
the attempt to build a general theoretical framework for
information processing has been largely supplanted in favor of two
more recent approaches: parallel/connectionist models of processing
and direct investigations of brain function. InMemory and
Attention
Memory and
Attention, cognitive psychologist Nelson Cowan reconciles
theoretical conflicts in the literature to presents an important,
analytical update of the traditional information-processing
approach by modifying it to incorporate the last few decades of
research on memory, attention, and brain functioning. Throughout,
the author cogently considers and ultimately refutes recent
challenges to the fundamental assumption of the existence of
special short-term memory and selective attention faculties. He
also draws a new distinction between memory processes operating
inside and outside of the focus of attention. Coherent and
balanced, the book offers a clearer understanding of how memory and
attention operate together, and how both functions are produced by
brain processes. It will be welcomed by students and researchers in
cognitive psychology.
, cognitive psychologist Nelson Cowan reconciles
theoretical conflicts in the literature to presents an important,
analytical update of the traditional information-processing
approach by modifying it to incorporate the last few decades of
research on memory, attention, and brain functioning. Throughout,
the author cogently considers and ultimately refutes recent
challenges to the fundamental assumption of the existence of
special short-term memory and selective attention faculties. He
also draws a new distinction between memory processes operating
inside and outside of the focus of attention. Coherent and
balanced, the book offers a clearer understanding of how memory and
attention operate together, and how both functions are produced by
brain processes. It will be welcomed by students and researchers in
cognitive psychology.