Преподавател(и):

проф. Енчо Герганов  д-р
доц. Пенка Христова  д-р

Описание на курса:

Компетенции:

1) знаят:

• Knowledge of alternative paradigms and theories of human memory

• Basic concepts of the organization and processes in human memory

• Basic knowledge about the brain mechanisms and development of memory

2) могат:

• Critically read, understand and question the literature on memory

• Design experiments to test theories of memory

• Apply the knowledge about memory in various domains, such as educational practices, court rooms, advertising, rehabilitation

Предварителни изисквания:
Basic knowledge in brain organization and cognitive processes and methods of experimental psychology.

Форми на провеждане:
Редовен

Учебни форми:
Лекция

Език, на който се води курса:
Английски

Теми, които се разглеждат в курса:

1 What is Memory? Short Term Memory

2 Working Memory

3 Executive functions: Measurement & Development

4 Learning: Explicit & Implicit

5 Episodic Memory

6 Autobiographical memory

7 Semantic Memory

8 Forgetting: Incidental vs. Motivated

9 Brain mechanisms of memory

10 Memory distortions. Amnesia. Rehabilitation

11 Memory development: Childhood and Aging

12 Context Sensitivity of Memory. Cues, Mood, Environment

13 Constructive Memory: Flashbulb memory vs. Eyewitness Testinomy

14 Prospective Memory

15 Experimental designs and Midterm test

Литература по темите:

Основна

• Baddeley, Alan D. , Eysenck, Michael, Anderson, Michael (2009). Memory. Psychology Press

• Baddeley, Alan D. (1999) Essentials of human memory, Hove: Psychology Press

• Corkin S (2002) What's new with the amnesic patient HM? Nature Rev. Neurosci. 3, 153-160.

• Cowan, N. (1997) The development of memory in childhood, Hove: Psychology Press

• Thompson, Charles P. (1996) Autobiographical memory: remembering what and remembering when, Mahbah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

• Loftus, Geoffrey R. (1976) Human memory : the processing of information, Hillsdale: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1976

Допълнителна

• Greene, Robert Leo (1992) Human memory : paradigms and paradoxes, Hillsdale: L. Erlbaum Associates Publishers

• Wilson, Barbara A. (2009) Memory Rehabilitation, Guilford Publications Inc.

Средства за оценяване:

• Design an experiment to test a memory theory

• Participate in a group project applying memory knowledge in a practical domain, such as education, law, clinical case, advertising, human-computer interaction, etc.

• Multiple-Choice Test