This course deals with the field of human memory. Research on
human memory is concerned with how people acquire, retain and use
information and knowledge. In this course, we will examine the
underlying mental and neural processes, mechanisms and structures that
are involved in sensory memory, short-term memory and long-term
memory. Specific areas to be covered include topics such as perception
and pattern recognition, coding and capacity limitations, forgetting
and retention, interference and decay, working memory, levels of
processing, implicit and explicit memory, amnesia, visual imagery and
verbal coding, memory schemas and memory illusions, memory development
and effects of aging on memory, mnemonics and memory aids. All of the
topics covered in this course will have direct application to your
daily lives and success at IU and beyond! I am confident you will get
something useful from taking this course. It will help you in many
ways in the future.