Lecturers:

Prof. Encho Gerganov, Ph.D.
Assoc. Prof. Penka Hristova, PhD

Course Description:

Competencies:

Students who complete this course:

1) will know:

• 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) will be able to:

• 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.

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

Types:
Full-time Programmes

Types of Courses:
Lecture

Language of teaching:
English

Topics:

1. What is Memory? Short Term Memory
2. Working Memory
3. Executive functions: Measurement & Development
4. Explicit Learning
5. Implicit Learning
6. Episodic Memory
7. Autobiographical memory
8. Autobiographical memory-deficits
9. Semantic Memory
10. Brain mechanisms of memory
11. Group presentations
12. Test
13. Context Sensitivity of Memory. Cues, Mood, Environment
14. Constructive Memory: Flashbulb memory vs. Eyewitness Testinomy
15. Experimental designs

Bibliography:

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.

Assessment:

• 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