Memory
Research Seminar Spring 2004
Elizabeth Johnston
Sarah Lawrence College
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to the relevant class meeting date:
Jan21 | Jan28 | Feb4
| Feb11 | Feb18 | Feb25
| Mar3 | Mar10 | Mar29&31
| Apr14 | Apr21 | Apr28
| May5 | May12
Reading:
1. James, W. (1890). Principles of Psychology. Chapter 16: Memory. Full text in CHP
2. Bourtchouladze, R. (2002). Memories are made of this: How memory works in humans and animals. New York: Columbia University Press. Chapter 1. (book store)
3. Schacter, D. (1996). Searching for Memory: The Brain, the Mind, and the Past. New York: Basic Books. Introduction and Chapters 1 and 2. (book store)
4. Rubin, D. (1995). Memory in Oral Traditions. New York: Oxford University Press. Chapter 1: Introduction. (book store)
5. Neisser, U. (1978). Memory: What are the important questions? Presentation at the Everyday Memory Conference in Wales, reprinted in Memory Observed.Background: (biographies, classic papers cited in the reading, etc.)
A nicely illustrated online biography of James by Frank Pajares.
Wozniak, R. some background for James' PrinciplesSacks, O. The Landscape of His Dreams, New Yorker article reprinted in An Anthropologist on Mars. Exploratorium web site with many of Magnani's paintings.
Additional: (for conference explorations: expansions, later papers, other related threads)
Banaji, M.R. & Crowder, R.G. (1989). The bankruptcy of everyday memory. American Psychologist, 44, 1185-1193. PsychArticles Link
Neisser, U. (1991). A Case of Misplaced Nostalgia. American Psychologist, 46, 34-36. PsychArticles Link. (plus many other commentaries in this issue of AmPsy)
3. February 4th: Ebbinghaus's Establishment of the Experimental Study of Memory: Forgetting and Learning by Heart
Reading:
1. Ebbinghaus, H. (1885) Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology. Full text in CHP.
Read chapters 1-3 where Ebbinghaus sets up the rationale and design of his experiments. I have prepared a reading guide for the data presentation chapters with graphic plots rather than summary tables.
2. Rubin, D. (1995). Memory in Oral Traditions. New York: Oxford University Press. Chapter 7: Basic Observations on Remembering. (book store)
3. Bartlett, F.C. (1995/1932). Remembering: A study in experimental and social psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 1. (photocopy - in basket beside Reserves)
4. Schacter, D. (2001). The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers. Chapter 1 (book store)
5. Bourtchouladze, R. (2002). Memories are made of this: How memory works in humans and animals. New York: Columbia University Press. Chapter 2: How Many Memory Systems Are There? (book store)Background:
Additional:
Reading:
1. Bartlett, F.C. (1932). Remembering: A Study in Experimental and Social Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press. Chapters 5, 7. and 10 (Photocopy)
2. Schacter, D. (1996). Searching for Memory. Chapters 3 & 4.
3.Rubin, D. (1995). Memory in Oral Traditions. Chapter 2.Background:
My online biography of Bartlett - here, but incomplete.
Additional:
Saito, A. (2000). Bartlett, Culture and Cognition. Taylor & Francis.
Johnston, E.B. (2001). The Repeated Reproduction of Remembering. History of Psychology, 4, 341-366. Full Text in PsycARTICLES
Reading:
1. Luria, A. (1968). The Mind of a Mnemonist: A Little Book About a Vast Memory. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. All of the little book.
2. Pillemer, D. B. (1998). Momentous Events, Vivid Memories. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Chapter 2: Memorable Moments.
3. Rubin, D.C. (1995) Memory in Oral Traditions. New York: Oxford University Press. Chapter 3: Imagery.Additional:
Carruthers, M. (1990). The Book of Memory. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Noice, H. & Noice, T. (2002). The Expertise of Professional Actors: a review of recent research. High Ability Studies, 13(1), 7-20. EBSCOHost Link
Neisser, U. Memory Observed. Experts Section.
Reading:
1. Brown, A.S. (1991) A review of the tip-of-the-tongue experience. Psychological Bulletin, 109, 204-223. Full text in PsycARTICLES. On campus access.
2. Schacter, D. L. (2001). The Seven Sins of Memory. New York: Houghton Mifflin. Chapter 3: The Sin of Blocking.
3. Rubin, D.C. (1995) Memory in Oral Traditions. New York: Oxford University Press. Chapter 4: Sound and Chapter 5: Combining Constraints.
Reading:
1. Wheeler, M., Stuss, D. & Tulving, E. (1997) Toward a Theory of Episodic Memory: The Frontal Lobes and Autonoetic Consciousness. Psychological Bulletin, 121, 331-354. Abstract in PsycARTICLES Full text in PsycARTICLES
2. Schacter, D. (1996). Searching for Memory. Chapters 5 & 6.
3. Bourtchouladze, R. (2002). Memories are made of this: How memory works in humans and animals. New York: Columbia University Press. Chapter 3: The Wiring of a Sea Horse: What is the Hippocampus For?. (book store)Additional:
Tulving, E. (2000). Memory, Consciousness, and the Brain. Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press.
McClelland, J.L., McNaughton, B.L. & O'Reilly, R.C. (1995) Why are there complementary learning systems in the hippocampus and neocortex: insights from the successes and failures of connectionist models of learning and memory. Psychological Review, 102, 419-457. Full text in PsycARTICLES
Reading:
1. Bourtchouladze, R. (2002). Memories are made of this: How memory works in humans and animals. New York: Columbia University Press. Chapters 4, 5, 6 & 7. (book store)
Background:
Additional:
Squire, L.R. & Kandel, E.R. (1999). Memory: From Mind to Molecules. New York: Scientific American Library.
Reading:
1. Haber, R.N. & Haber, L. (2000). Experiencing, Remembering and Reporting Events. Psychology, Public Policy & Law, 6, 1057-1097. Full text in PsycARTICLES
2. Schacter, D. L. (2001). The Seven Sins of Memory. New York: Houghton Mifflin. Chapter 4: The Sin of Misattribution and Chapter 5: The Sin of Suggestibility.
3. Wells, G. et al (2000). From the Lab to the Police Station: A Successful Application of Eyewitness Research. American Psychologist, 55, 581-598. Full text in PsycARTICLES
4. Report of Working Group (1999). Eyewitness Evidence: A Guide for Law Enforcement. Available as a pdf on the webBackground:
Stern, C. & Stern, W. (1999/1909). Recollection, Testimony, and Lying in Early Childhood. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Additional:
Loftus, APA Award. PsychArticles Link
Loftus, E. (2003). Make-believe Memories. American Psychologist, 58(11), 867-873. PsychArticles Link
Reading:
1. Pillemer, D. B. (1998). Momentous Events, Vivid Memories. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Chapter 4: Image, Narrative and the Development of Self.
2. Howe, M.L. & Courage, M.L. (1993). On resolving the enigma of infantile amnesia. Psychological Bulletin, 113, 305-326. Full text in PsycARTICLES
3. Harley, K. & Reese, E. (1999) Origins of Autobiographical Memory. Developmental Psychology, 35,1338-1348. Full Text in PsycARTICLES
4. Bauer, P. (1991). What do infants recall of their lives? American Psychologist, 51(1), 29-41. PsychArticles LinkBackground:
Additional:
Pillemer, D. (2001). Momentous Events and the Life Story. Review of General Psychology, 5(2), 123-134. PsychArticles Link
Reading:
1.Wang, Q. (2001). Culture Effects on Adults' Earliest Childhood Recollection and Self-Description: Implications for the Relation Between Memory and the Self. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81, 220-233. Full text in PsycARTICLES
2. Han, J.J., Leichtman, M. & Wang, Q. (1998). Autobiographical Memory in Korean, Chinese, and American Children. Developmental Psychology, 34, 701-713. Full text available in PsycARTICLES.
3. Pillemer, D. B. (1998). Momentous Events, Vivid Memories. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Chapters 5 &6.
4. Schacter, D. (1996). Searching for Memory. Chapter 7.
Additional:
Singer, J. A. & Bluck, S. (2001). New perspectives on autobiographical memory: The integration of narrative processing and autobiographical reasoning. Review of General Psychology. 5(2), 91-99. PsychArticles Link
Rubin, D.C. (1986). Autobiographical Memory. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Rubin, D.C. (1995). Remembering our past: Studies in autobiographical memory. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Connerton, P. (1989). How Societies Remember. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Reading:
1. Rubin, D. (1995). Memory in Oral Traditions. Chapter 8: A Theory of Remembering for Oral Traditions, and Chapter 13: Epilogue: A Note on the Future.
2. Kimmelman, M. (2002). Out of Minimalism, Monuments to Memory. New York Times, January 18th, Section 2: Arts & Leisure, Page1. Text available online. Plus my visual accompaniment.
3. Lacayo, R. (2004). When Memory Fails. Time, 63(3), p138. Abstract with link to full textAdditional:
Lupu, N. (2003). Memory Vanished, Absent, and Confined: The Countermemorial Project in 1980s and 1990s Germany. History & Memory, 15, 130-164. Text available in Project Muse.
Young, J. (1999). Memory and Counter-memory: The End of the Monument in Germany. Harvard Design Magazine, 9, 4-13. Web link.
14. May 5th: Student Presentations of Conference Projects NB: CONFERENCE PAPERS DUE
15. May 12th: Student Presentations of Conference Projects