Your Memory [Board book]

Baddeley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1982

Praise for the previous edition:
"Recommended for specialists and non-specialists alike."
- American Journal of Psychology

At the most critical times, especially during negotiations and arguments, memory can fail. Some people can quickly recall faces, but names and dates are easily forgotten.

Your Memory explains how memory works and how to make it more reliable. This book is full of useful information and advice, and practical exercises for improving the quality and capacity of memory.

Combining anecdotes and exercises with scientific developments and statistics, the book presents this complex topic in a highly accessible way. The author covers a range of issues, such as why a natural system of classifying, storing and retrieving information that exceeds the capacity of a computer can, at times, also forget a phone number.

Your Memory tackles all the fundamental questions about memory and provides answers and solutions for the person who always seems to forget that all-important anniversary date.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Writing with authority and an anecdotal flair, Baddeley shares the intricacies of the human memory system while explaining how it is studied. Following descriptions of how memory works, he delves into practical questions such as witness testimony, amnesia, Alzheimer's disease, and language development. This revised edition of a 1982 book incorporates many of the newest studies that have been undertaken regarding long- and short-term memory, aging and memory loss, and repression. Throughout, Baddeley provides quizzes and lists to involve the reader and further elucidate his explanations. Denise Perry Donavin --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Review

Find a good memory book: I recommend 'Your Memory: A User's Guide,' by Alan Baddeley. (Marilyn Linton Toronto Sun 200507)

A comprehensive account of what memory is... hundreds of color photographs and charts add to the book's appeal. (Science News )

Beautifully illustrated... educational and entertaining... Baddeley writes in a clear, engaging prose style. (Randal J. Urssac Science Books and Films )

Chosen as one of the 'Best Books for Junior High and Young Adult 2005' by Science Books and Films. (Science Books and Films ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Board book: 222 pages
• Publisher: Scribner (October 1, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0025046608
• ISBN-13: 978-0025046603
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #799,043 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Realistic assessment with digestible data, July 31, 2005

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Mick (near Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Your Memory: A User's Guide (Paperback)

"In one sense we cannot change our memory. By this I mean that I know of no way in which the neural systems underlying memory can be systematically enhanced. What we can do, however, is use the system we have more effectively." Dr. Allen Baddeley

This book describes memory in mostly real world contexts. Concepts make intuitive sense. We tend to remember what we are interested in and what is important to us.

Theories are discussed and some may disagree with Dr. Baddeley's but he makes even-handed assessments. (Here's my theory for these reasons, here's another theory for those reasons.) I got the feeling the state of the science is presented, not someone's opinion.

I've read "Your Memory How it Works and How To Improve It" by Dr. Kenneth Higbee and found it technique oriented, i.e. HOW was discussed. Dr. Baddeley goes into more depth on WHAT. I think it would be wise to read "Your Memory A User's Guide" first and then "Your Memory How It Works and How To Improve It".

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best book out there on memory, July 31, 2006

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Thomas M. Quine "Information Designer" (Vancouver, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Your Memory: A User's Guide (Paperback)

I had to write a seminar on memory recently and read every book on the shelf. This is without question the authoritative text. It's easy to read, it's easy to understand, and the author is a renowned expert in the field who has taken this book through several editions.

- Thom

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Backup Plan, September 7, 2010

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This review is from: Your Memory: A Users Guide (Paperback)

I got this book to use as a study guide for another book co-written by Baddeley (Memory). It does not go real indepth so don't count on it as a textbook but definitely as a quick reference! Baddeley really knows how to cut through the blah, blah, blah to deliver the information.