Преподавател(и):

доц. Пенка Христова  д-р
ас. Йолина Петрова  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 Testimony
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