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Tentative Lecture Schedule and Assigned Readings
Topic Assigned Readings Assigned Comments and Questions Assigned Presentation
Jan 3; Jan 5 General introduction: History, basic concepts, methods 2 chapters by Searleman & HerrmannSchac. Ch. 1 ---------------- -------
Jan 10; Jan 12 The modal memory model: Sensory registers versus short-term store versus long-term store Badd. Ch. 2, 3 Lisa, Kathryn, Karen, Alison, Jimmy -------
Jan 17; Jan 19 Working memory Badd. Ch. 4, 5 (optional: 6) Kathryn, Dana, Laura, Ginny, Jennifer Dana
Jan 24; Jan 26 Episodic memory: Encoding processes Badd. Ch. 7, 8; Schac. Ch. 2 Mervin, Jimmy, Karen, Lisa, Rob, Ginny Karen
Jan 31; Feb 2 Episodic memory: Storage & retrieval processes Badd. Ch. 10, 11; Schac. Ch. 2 Alison, Dana, Mervin, Rob, Laura Jimmy
Feb 7; Feb 9 Semantic memory Badd. Ch. 13 Karen, Lisa, Jimmy, Kathryn, Ginny Kathryn
Feb 14; Feb 16 Implicit memory: Priming and procedural learning Badd. Ch. 20; Schac. Ch. 6 Laura, Kathryn, Ginny, Jennifer -------
Feb 19 - Feb 23 MARCH BREAK ------------- -------
Feb 28; March 2 Anterograde amnesia and related memory disorders Badd. Ch. 16; Schac. Ch. 5 Mervin, Dana, Jimmy, Jennifer Rob
March 7; March 9 Autobiographical memory and retrograde amnesia Badd. Ch. 12; Schac. Ch. 3 Laura, Mervin, Lisa, Alison, Rob Jennifer
March 14; March 16 Memory and emotion Badd. Ch. 15; Schac. Ch. 7 Dana, Karen, Jimmy, Ginny, Laura Laura, Alison
March 21; March 23 Memory illusions Schac. Ch. 4, 9 Dana, Rob, Lisa, Alison, Jennifer Lisa, Ginny
March 28; March 30 Memory and aging Schac. Ch. 10 Alison, Karen, Rob, Kathryn, Jennifer, Mervin Mervin
April 4; April 6 Open 'buffer' and wrap-up -- --------------- -------



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