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Behaviorism
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/behaviorism/
This is an entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy giving a basic description of the behaviourist theories of psychology, which try to explain why humans and animals behave as they do. There's a definition of behaviourism, followed by a brief history of behaviourist research and thought, ranging from Abrahamsen to Skinner. This should be a useful starting point for students who want basic information on this subject.
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Behaviourism: The early years
http://www.brynmawr.edu/Acads/Psych/rwozniak/behaviorism.html
This is an article written by a US-based academic that relates some of the developments within the early period of psychological behaviourism. It covers the philosophical positions, the major actors in its development, and the transitions between key behaviourist ideas.
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Creating false memories
http://faculty.washington.edu/eloftus/Articles/sciam.htm
This article, written by the memory psychologist Elizabeth Loftus and hosted by the University of Washington, provides an overview of false memory syndrome and the situations in which it may arise. Loftus discusses the role of imagination and hypnosis, as well as experimental attempts to create 'impossible' memories. The article will be most useful for students and teachers.
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Elizabeth F. Loftus Homepage
http://faculty.washington.edu/eloftus/
This is the home page of Professor Elizabeth Loftus, the distinguished academic whose work on memory in eye-witness testimony formed some of the most important applied psychology in the past few decades. On this page you will reprints of a number of recent articles relating to memory and eye-witness testimony. As these are often written for a general audience, they should provide an ideal starting point for students.
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Explorations in Learning and Instruction: The Theory Into Practice Database
http://tip.psychology.org/
This website provides access to a database containing 50 descriptions of theories relevant to human learning and instruction that was devised by Dr Greg Kearsley from the Walden Institute on behalf of George Washington University, USA. Each description in the Theory Into Practice (TIP) database includes the following sections: overview, scope/application, example, principles, and references. Some theories also include brief video clips which can be viewed from the site. The theories that were selected for inclusion in the database come from published literature about human learning (English language only). Theories that focus on animal learning, neuropsychology, learning disabilities or teaching strategies are not included. The theories are arranged alphabetically by title and the database also provides access to each one via learning domain and learning concept indices. The website also provides links to related sites concerned with learning/instructional theory.
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How people learn
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/t
The How People Learn webpage is part of the larger Teaching Tips Index provided and maintained by Honolulu Community College. This section includes topics such as 'Thirty things about teaching adults', active learning, Keirsey tests, learning assumptions, learning domains, principles of adult learners and the process of education. This site should be useful for teachers and students.
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Interview between Harold Varmus and Eric Kanel
http://www.charlierose.com/shows/2006/03/29/1/an-hour-with-guest-host-harol
This interview, hosted by the US-based site CharlieRose.com (an archive of public television involving broadcaster Charlie Rose), features a discussion between Nobel laureates Harold Varmus and Eric Kanel on the neurobiology and philosophy of memory. The video is presented as an embedded Flash object and lasts for 51 minutes. It should be most useful for students and teachers.
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Journal of Memetics - Evolutionary Models of Information Transmission
http://jom-emit.cfpm.org/
The Journal of Memetics was a peer-reviewed academic journal published between 1997 and 2005. It aimed to develop the memetic perspective, with space devoted to relevant evolutionary issues and other related topics, and was sponsored by the Centre for Policy Modelling at Manchester Metropolitan University, the Prinicipia Cybernetica Project, and SEPA, Delft University of Technology. This website provides access to the full text of all articles and issues published.
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Journal of Memory and Language
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/0749-596X/
The Journal of Memory and Language is a monthly print journal published by Elsevier. Articles contribute to the formulation of scientific issues and theories in the areas of memory, language comprehension and production, and cognitive processes. Special emphasis is given to research articles that provide new theoretical insights based on a carefully laid empirical foundation. The Journal of Memory and Language will be of interest to cognitive scientists, including psychologists, linguists, and others interested in memory and learning, language, reading, and speech. For full text access, the site requires an authentication username and password; contact your library to see if your institution subscribes to this service.
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Learning and memory
http://brembs.net/learning/
Bjoern Brembs, post-graduate researcher at the University of Wurzburg in Germany, maintains this website on learning and memory. It includes discussion of classical and operant conditioning, a flight simulator, general background and details of the nature nuture debate as it applies to this area. It should be useful for students and teachers.
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Learning Theories
http://www.learning-theories.com/
This US-based website provides a number of articles on psychological paradigms - cognitivism, behaviourism, psychoanalytic/psychodynamic, biological and social - and examples of theories drawn from those paradigms. The site is partially supported by advertising. It should be suitable for A-Level and first-year undergraduate students.
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Learning to Learn: Thinking and Learning Skills, by Greg Clay
http://www.ldrc.ca/projects/projects.php?id=26
Learning to Learn:Thinking and Learning Skills is a course, and a source of information about learning, how it can be developed in children and adults, and how it differs among learners. The course isdesigned to raise teachers', parents', and adult learners' awareness of their ownthinking processes as a prerequisite to including learning skills as part of theirteaching, or to improve their own learning skills.
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Memory and Cognition
http://mc.psychonomic-journals.org/
The print journal "Memory and Cognition" is published by the US-based Psychonomic Society. The journal covers human memory and learning, conceptual processes, psycholinguistics, problem solving, thinking, decision making, and skilled performance. For full text access, the site requires an authentication username and password; contact your library to see if your institution subscribes to this service. It should be useful for researchers, students and teachers.
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Memory Test
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/interactives/intelligenceandmem
This page, hosted by the BBC, contains a memory test. The user may also opt for a brief training period first (using the memory-aid techniques of Andy Bell). The test requires Flash 5 and will take 5-10 minutes to complete, depending on your skill level. The test should be useful for both students and teachers.
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Memory, Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
http://www.brain.northwestern.edu/mdad/
This site is hosted by the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Centre at Northwestern University, USA. It focuses upon all aspects of the relationship between forms of dementia (including Alzheimer's) and its impact on memory. Students should find this a useful and user-friendly resource on the topic; articles are concise but written in an engaging and accessible style.
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Memory: How do we remember what we know?
https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-public
This article, published within the Center for the Study of Intelligence (a branch of the American CIA), provides a lay summary of models of memory, memory phenomena, and their implications for the study and use of memory. General memory structures are introduced, as well as types of knowledge. The resource should be most useful for students and teachers.
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Memory: In Our Time
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/inourtime_20030529.shtml
This page contains an audio recording of 'Memory' (45 minutes in length), an episode from a BBC Radio Four series hosted by Melvyn Bragg. The format of the show involves a discussion between Melvyn and various, specialist academics. In addition to the programme, the page also includes links to web resources associated with memory. You will need RealPlayer to hear the programme. This page will be useful to teachers and students alike.
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Mind of mnemonist, the
http://ahsmail.uwaterloo.ca/~megoddar/
This site, hosted by the University of Waterloo (Canada), provides a profile of the autistic savant Kim Peek, as well as articles on human memory and other mnemonists of note. Kim Peek was the inspiration for Dustin Hoffman's character in the US film Rain Man, and this is used as a context to explain autism. The site should be useful for students and teachers.
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Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/issn/1074-7427
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory is a bimonthly print journal published by Elsevier. It publishes articles concerned with neural and behavioural plasticity, including learning and memory and related aspects of neural adaptation, at all levels of analysis from molecular biology through behaviour. The journal's research areas include all areas of the neurobiology of learning and memory. For full text access, the site requires an authentication username and password; contact your library to see if your institution subscribes to this service.
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Perfect memory, The
http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2008/05/the-perfect-memory/
This page contains an audio interview with Jill Price, an American woman with a condition termed hyperthymestic syndrome, which renders her incapable of forgetting episodic or autobiographical events. The interview was conducted for National Public Radio in the United States. It is provided in RealAudio or Windows Media format and is 46 minutes in length. The interview should be useful for students, teachers and researchers.
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Recovered Memories of Sexual Abuse
http://www.jimhopper.com/
This article was written, and is hosted, by Jim Hopper, a research fellow at the McClean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA. The article discusses most aspects of the repression of memory: Is the repression mechanism a special type of forgetting? How prevalent is repression among those who have suffered sexual and/or other traumatic abuse? The page should be most useful for students. Because this article is presented on a single web page, it may take some time to load over a modem connection.
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Short-term memory: a demonstration
http://www.bama.ua.edu/~mklinger/webcog/stm.htm
The short-term memory website is a lecture provided online. The site is maintained by Mark Klinger, an assistant professor at the University of Alabama. The site tackles the main questions surrounding short term memory (STM): What is the capacity of STM? How does forgetting occur in STM? What is the mental code ('mentalese') of STM? And what is the role of rehearsal in transfering information from STM to LTM (long term memory)?
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UK Memes Central
http://www.susanblackmore.co.uk/memetics/index.htm
This is a website devoted to the subject of memes. It is produced by Susan Blackmore, a guest lecturer at the University of the West of England and an editor of the Journal of Memetics. The site points to a number of resources that carry forward the debate on memes, a term first coined by Richard Dawkins in 1976. There are links to definitions, articles, journals and further resources.
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