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Fourteen contributions written by university-based psychology scholars and researchers address the phenomenon of long-term priming, a kind of "unconscious" or "implicit" memory. The first section includes three chapters that take a broad view of priming, its possible functions, and how implicit memory may be delineated from other forms of memory. In the next section, chapters adopt the view that priming is embedded within systems that support word and object recognition and employ priming phenomena to further our understanding of these systems. In the third section, priming is examined from a more traditional memory perspective, using priming to examine questions about memory per se. A final chapter provides commentary on the whole enterprise.Book News, Inc., Portland, OR --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Book Description
Implicit memory can be characterized as the influence of a previously memorized piece of information on a task, without the explicit or deliberate attempt to recall the memory. This volume is unique in presenting a whole new approach to understanding one of the most exciting and important issues in psychology and neuroscience. Written for postgraduate students and researchers in cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience, this is a book that will have a great influence on the direction that future research in this field takes.

Book Info
The second author, Chad J. Marsolek is with the Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Provides an it overview of the contrasting theories of implicit memory. Contains an approach combining psychology and neuroscience. Topics include object recognition, word recognition, priming and memory, and a commentary. For students and researchers. Hardcover, softcover also available.