Memory and the human lifespan

Steve Joordens

Sound recording - 2011

In Memory and the Human Lifespan, Professor Steve Joordens of the University of Toronto Scarborough, who has been repeatedly honored as both teacher and researcher, leads you on a startling voyage into the human mind, explaining not only how the various aspects of your memory operate, but the impact memory has on your daily experience of life.

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Subjects
Published
[Chantilly, Va.] : Teaching Company [2011]
Language
English
Main Author
Steve Joordens (-)
Edition
[PDF workbook version]
Item Description
"The Great courses, Topic: Better living ; Subtopic: Health & wellness"--Cover.
"Course no. 1911"--Disc labels.
24 lectures lasting 30 minutes each.
Accompanying CD-ROM contains course workbook in PDF format.
Physical Description
12 audio discs (360 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.)
Format
Compact disc; PDF requires Adobe Reader or PDF reader.
ISBN
9781490652078
9781598037555
  • Disc 1. Memory is a party ; The ancient "art of memory"
  • Disc 2. Rote memorization and a science of forgetting ; Sensory memory - brief traces of the past
  • Disc 3. The conveyor belt of working memory ; Encoding - our gateway into long-term memory
  • Disc 4. Episodic and semantic long-term memory ; The secret passage - implicit memory
  • Disc 5. From procedural memory to habit ; When memory systems battle - habits vs. goals
  • Disc 6. Sleep and the consolidation of memories ; Infant and early childhood memory
  • Disc 7. Animal cognition and memory ; Mapping memory in the brain
  • Disc 8. Neural network models ; Learning from brain damage and amnesias
  • Disc 9. The many challenges of Alzheimer's disease ; That powerful glow of warm familiarity
  • Disc 10. Déjà vu and the illusion of memory ; Recovered memories or false memories?
  • Disc 11. Mind the gaps! memory as reconstruction ; How we can choose what's important to remember
  • Disc 12. Aging, memory and cognitive transition ; The monster at the end of the book.