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The Handbook of Research Methods in Human Memory presents a collection of chapters on methodology used by researchers in investigating human memory. Understanding the basic cognitive function of human memory is critical in a wide variety of fields, such as clinical psychology, developmental psychology, education, neuroscience, and gerontology, and studying memory has become particularly urgent in recent years due to the prominence of a number of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's. However, choosing the most appropriate method of research is a daunting task for most scholars. This book explores the methods that are currently available in various areas of human memory research and serves as a reference manual to help guide readers' own research. Each chapter is written by prominent researchers and features cutting-edge research on human memory and cognition, with topics ranging from basic memory processes to cognitive neuroscience to further applications. The focus here is not on the "what," but the "how"-how research is best conducted on human memory.

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Table of Content

List of Contributors

1

History of Methods in Memory Science: From Ebbinghaus to fMRI

Hajime Otani, Bennett L. Schwartz, and Abby R. Knoll

2

Dependent Measures in Memory Research: From Free Recall to Recognition

Anne M Cleary

3

Measures of Forgetting

Benjamin C. Storm

4

Accuracy and Bias in Episodic Memory

Aysecan Boduroglu and Aycan Kapucu

5

Response Time Measures in Memory Research

Motonori Yamaguchi and Richard Schweickert

6

Methods of Studying Working Memory

Zach Shipstead and Ashley Nespodzany

7

Methods of Studying Text: Memory, Comprehension, and Learning

Kathryn S. McCarthy, Kristopher J. Kopp, Laura K. Allen, and Danielle S. McNamara

8

The Methodology of Metamemory and Metacomprehension

Deborah K. Eakin and Jarrod Moss

9

Research Methods for Studying the Emotion-Memory Relationship

Hajime Otani, Terry M. Libkuman, Abby R. Knoll, and Cody J. Hensley

10

Methods for Studying Memory Differences between Young and Older Adults

Asli Kilic and Amy H. Criss

11

Discovering Memory: Methods in the Study of Memory Development

P. Douglas Sellers II and Karin Machluf

12

Assessing Autobiographical Memory Disruptions in Psychiatric Populations

Laura Jobson

13

Methods of Studying Memory without Awareness

Neil W. Mulligan

14

Methods of Studying False Memory

Henry Otgaar, Sanne T. L. Houben, and Mark L. Howe

15

Methods of Studying Eyewitness Memory

Nadja Schreiber Compo, Jonathan Vallano, Jillian Rivard, Angelica Hagsand, Michelle Pena, and Christopher Altman

16

The Assessment of Autobiographical Memory: An Overview of Behavioral Methods

Adam R. Congleton and Dorthe Berntsen

17

Methods of Studying Prospective Memory

Melissa J. Guynn, Gilles O. Einstein, and Mark A. McDaniel

18

Face Memory

Karen Lander and Vicki Bruce

19

Challenges in Music Memory Research

Zehra F. Peynircioglu, Esra Mungan, and Bennett L. Schwartz

20

A User's Guide to Collecting Data Online

Kalif E. Vaughn, Jeremy Cone, and Nate Kornell

21

Neuropsychological Methods in Memory Research

Kata Pauly-Takacs, Celine Souchay, Alastair D. Smith, and Chris J. A. Moulin

22

Applications of Functional MRI in Memory Research

Joey Ka-Yee Essoe and Jesse Rissman

23

From the Laboratory to the Classroom: Challenges and Solutions for Conducting

John Dunlosky, Kayla Morehead, Amanda Zamary, and Katherine A. Rawson

24

Methods of Studying Individual Differences in Memory

Kimberly M. Wingert and Gene A. Brewer