Forgetting

Michael W. Eysenck is Emeritus Professor at the University of Roehampton and Emeritus Professor and Honorary Fellow at Royal Holloway University of London. He has published 62 books and approximately 170 articles and book chapters. He has written numerous textbooks on cognitive psychology and his main research area is concerned with the relationship between anxiety and cognition.David Groome was Senior Academic and Head of the Psychology Department at the University of Westminster, London. He retired in 2011, but he continues to write and he has authored or co-authored twelve psychology books. His research interests mainly involve cognition and memory, especially memory suppression and the effects of mood disorders on cognition. In 2009 he was awarded the BPS Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Psychology. His hobbies include tennis, travel, dogs, and music. In his spare time he is a keen guitarist, and is still waiting for his big break as a rock star.

We are all subject to forgetting—sometimes quite dramatic forgetting.  In this very readable book, Eysenck, Groome, and a team of experts in the science of memory describe many types and sources of forgetting.  Written in a clear and engaging manner, these chapters will be of interest to anyone who has ever wondered how their memory works, and why it fails. Colin M MacLeod

• Chapter 1: Introduction - Michael Eysenck & David GroomeChapter 2: Childhood forgetting - Harlene Hayne & Jane HerbertChapter 3: Autobiographical forgetting - Martin ConwayChapter 4: Eyewitness forgetting - Coral DandoChapter 5: Prospective memory forgetting - Michael Scullin, Seth Koslov & Jarrod Lewis-PeacockChapter 6: Post-hypnotic amnesia - John F. KihlstromChapter 7: Organic Amnesia - Melissa C. Duff & Neal J. CohenChapter 8: Retrieval Inhibition - Karl-Heinz Bäuml, Magdalena Abel & Oliver Kliegl Chapter 9: Motivated Forgetting - David Groome, Michael Eysenck & Robin Law