This fully revised and updated third edition of the highly acclaimed
Memory in the Real World includes recent research in all areas of
everyday memory. Distinguished researchers have contributed new and
updated material in their own areas of expertise. The controversy about
the value of naturalistic research, as opposed to traditional laboratory
methods, is outlined, and the two approaches are seen to have converged
and become complementary rather than antagonistic.
The editors bring together studies on many different topics, such as
memory for plans and actions, for names and faces, for routes and maps,
life experiences and flashbulb memory, and eyewitness memory. Emphasis
is also given to the role of memory in consciousness and metacognition.
New topics covered in this edition include life span development of
memory, collaborative remembering, deja-vu and memory dysfunction in the
real world.
Memory in the Real World will be of continuing appeal to students and
researchers in the area.