Alan D. Baddeley - Böcker

This concise version of the Handbook of Memory Disorders is a selection of chapters from the original volume that have been chosen with the busy practitioner in mind.  The Essential Handbook provides individual clinicians and students with those parts the editors consider most relevant and useful on a day-to-day basis, as a portable adjunct to the more comprehensive Handbook.  (Handbook of Memory Disorders - 047 149819X)

The eagerly awaited 2nd edition of this classic handbook is acritical, thorough account of memory disorders relating toneurological processes and to developmental and acquired braindamage and presents comprehensive sections on theory, assessment,treatment and management of memory disorders. Written by a truly international team of experts, this completelyupdated edition offers an authoritative review of the key areas ofresearch and development in this field. ? Completely updated and expanded ? New sections and chapters reflect many of the biggest growthareas in the field in recent years, such as confabulation, falsememory and the frontal lobes ? Written by an international team of experts

This book evaluates the involvement of working memory in five central aspects of language processing: vocabulary acquisition, speech production, reading development, skilled reading, and comprehension. The authors draw upon experimental, neuropsychological and developmental evidence in a wide-ranging evaluation of the contribution of two components of working memory to each aspect of language. The two components are the phonological loop, which is specialised for the processing and maintenance of verbal material, and the general-purpose processing system of the central executive.A full introduction to the application of the working memory model to normal adults, neuropsychological patients and children is provided in the two opening chapters. Non-experts within this area will find these chapters particularly useful in providing a clear statement of the current theoretical and empirical status of the working memory model. Each of the following chapters examines the involvement of working memory in one specialised aspect of language processing, in each case integrating the available experimental, neuropsychological and developmental evidence. The book will therefore be of direct relevance to researchers interested in both language processing and memory.Working Memory and Language is unique in that it draws together findings from normal adults, brain-damaged patients, and children. For each of these populations, working memory involvement in language processing ranging from the speech production to comprehension are evaluated. Working Memory and Language provides a comprehensive analysis of just what roles working memory does play in the processing of language.