Psych 105, Chapter 6:
Learning and Memory

Supplementary Materials

   •  Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology - One of Ebbinghaus's papers

   •  The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two - George Miller's classic paper

   •  The Price of Bad Memories - Elizabeth Loftus on "reconstructed memory" for abuse

   •  Creating False Memories - Elizabeth Loftus on the ease with with false memories can be created

   •  Penny Memory Test The pennies, on line

   •  11 Steps to a Better Brain - Techniques for improving memory and thinking

   •  Schacter, Daniel (2001). The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers . Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.

   •  Ratliff, E. (2006). "Deja Vu, Again and Again." The New York Times, July 2. Accessed 11/5/06.

   •  Man who never forgets - CNN (accessed 3-18-08) http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/02/22/memory.man.ap/index.html

   • The Last Psychiatrist (April 2, 2006). "Deja Vu." http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2006/04/deja_vu.html . Accessed 10/7/06.

   •  "Study Uncovers Memory Aid: A Scent During Sleep" (2007). New York Times, March 9, 2007. Accessed 3/11/2007.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/09/science/09sleep.html

   •  Some savants with unusual memory capabilities- http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant/profiles.cfm

   •  Clive Wearing: lost ability to form new memories, literally lives "in the moment." There are several related clips here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmkiMlvLKto

   •  Unknown White Male. Full-length movie documentary about a man who lost memory of his past.