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Psychology 5/e Book Cover
Psychology, 5/e
Lester M. Sdorow, Arcadia University
Cheryl A. Rickabaugh, University of Redlands

Memory

Web Links

These Web sites have been selected for their high quality and information value. But remember that the Internet is fluid and sites might be moved, revised, or deleted. Moreover, other excellent sites are always being added to the Internet. If any of these sites is no longer available, try searching the Internet to find other, related, high-quality sites.
Memory
(http://www.exploratorium.edu/memory)

This website is maintained by Exploratorium, a museum of science, art, and human perception in San Francisco. It includes links to a variety of sites related to memory, including some that provide demonstrations of memory phenomena. (page 241)
Endel Tulving: Cognitive Psychologist
(http://www.science.ca/scientists/scientistprofile.php?pID=20)

This website is sponsored by Great Canadian Scientists. It presents information about Tulving’s life and research at the University of Toronto and includes an illustration of research he has conducted correlating memory processes with activity in specific brain regions. (page 249)
False and Repressed Memory Connections
(http://www.wooster.edu/psychology/gillund/eyewitness/p340conn.html)

This website was created by the department of psychology at the College of Wooster in Wooster, Ohio. It contains links to a host of sites dealing with issues related to the "false memory" (or "repressed memory") controversy. (page 258)
Web Page of Professor Gary L. Wells
(http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/faculty/gwells/homepage.htm)

This website is maintained by a leading researcher at Iowa State University in the psychology of memory and eyewitness testimony. It includes links to sites about research and media reports on eyewitness identification. (page 261)
Web Page of Professor Elizabeth F. Loftus
(http://faculty.washington.edu/eloftus)

This website is maintained by perhaps the leading researcher at the University of Washington in the field of eyewitness memory and testimony. It contains links to sites reporting her research on eyewitness memory and the false memory issue. (page 263)
Web Sites for College Study Strategies
(http://alc.stcloudstate.edu/Counseling/CLASSES/110/links.htm)

This website was created by Dr. Gretchen Starks-Martin of St. Cloud University in St. Cloud, Minnesota. It includes links to more than 100 sites on how to improve one's academic performance. (page 265)
Study Guides and Strategies
(http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/index.htm)

This website is maintained by Joseph Landsberger of the Learning Center at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. It offers links to an array of sites--including several that are non-English--dealing with all aspects of improving one's academic performance, including studying and test preparation. (page 266)
Memory Techniques and Mnemonics
(http://www.mindtools.com/memory.html)

The website is sponsored by the Mind Tools Book Store. It contains links to a variety of sites dealing with memory enhancement. (page 267)
The Amnesia and Cognition Unit
(http://www.u.arizona.edu/~pdavidso/amcog.html)

This website was created by Professor Elizabeth L. Glisky of the Department of Psychology at the University of Arizona. The site is dedicated to research on the neuropsychology of amnesia and contains links to related sites. (page 270)
The Alzheimer Page
(http://www.biostat.wustl.edu/alzheimer)

This website is sponsored by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Washington University in St. Louis. It includes links to sites dealing with the causes and treatment of the disease. (page 273)