Overview
- Addresses a timely topic of the interplay of internal memory (information stored in one’s brain) and external memory (information stored outside of one’s brain, either socially, or technologically)
- Provides a comprehensive review of research and theory across multiple disciplines, synthesized in a much-needed framework to guide further research
- Offers a rich data set including quantitative and qualitative questions about attitudes, beliefs, behaviors, and experiences with external memory
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Literature Review (The Past)
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Discussion and Guide for Research (The Future)
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About this book
How is technology changing the way people remember?
This book explores the interplay of memory stored in the brain (internal memory) and outside of the brain (external memory), providing a thorough interdisciplinary review of the current literature, including relevant theoretical frameworks from across a variety of disciplines in the sciences, arts, and humanities. It also presents the findings of a rich and novel empirical data set, based on a comprehensive survey on the shifting interplay of internal and external memory in the 21st century. Results reveal a growing symbiosis between the two forms of memory in our everyday lives.
The book presents a new theoretical framework for understanding the interplay of internal and external memory, and their complementary strengths. It concludes with a guide to important dimensions, questions, and methods for future research.
Memory and Technology will be of interest to researchers, professors, andstudents across the disciplines of psychology, philosophy, library and information science, human factors, media and cultural studies, anthropology and archaeology, photography, and cognitive rehabilitation, as well as anyone interested in how technology is affecting human memory.
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"This is a novel book, with interesting and valuable data on an important, meaningful topic, as well as a gathering of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary ideas...The research is accurately represented and inclusive. As a teaching tool, I can envision graduate seminars in different disciplines drawing on the material as the basis for teaching and discussions."
Dr. Linda A. Henkel, Fairfield University
"This book documents the achievements of a vibrant scientific project – you feel the enthusiasm of the authors for their research. The organization of the manuscript introduces the reader into a comparatively new field the same way as pioneering authors have approached it."
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schönpflug, Freie Universität Berlin
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Jason R. Finley earned his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is currently an assistant professor of psychology at Fontbonne University, in St. Louis, MO. His research interests include memory, metacognition, and offloading cognition onto the environment, particularly as the interplay of internal and external memory continues to change with twenty-first century technology. He has published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology (Applied, and Learning, Memory, and Cognition), the American Journal of Psychology, the Journal of Memory and Language, Memory & Cognition, Psychological Inquiry, and Memory.
Farah Naaz is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Louisville, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences. She is a cognitive neuroscientist with a background in experimental psychology. Her research interest is in the domain of executive functions, specifically in the process of learning and memory. Her graduate research focused on learning neuroanatomy using 3D graphical visualizations. Her current work explores the process of cognitive control of emotion and memory. She has published in the journals Cerebral Cortex, Brain and Cognition,Psychiatry Research, Advances in Health Sciences Education, Cognition and Instruction, and Anatomical Sciences Education.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Memory and Technology
Book Subtitle: How We Use Information in the Brain and the World
Authors: Jason R. Finley, Farah Naaz, Francine W. Goh
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99169-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-99168-9Published: 23 November 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-99169-6Published: 12 November 2018
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 217
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Cognitive Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Philosophy of Mind, Artificial Intelligence, Computers and Society, Phenomenology