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American Psychologist, 2012
Presents Daniel L. Schacter as one of the winners of the American Psychological Association's Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions (2012). Daniel L. Schacter's major theoretical and empirical contributions include groundbreaking research on the psychological and neural foundations of implicit and explicit memory, memory distortions and…
Descriptors: Research, Neurological Organization, Cognitive Ability, Memory
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Swain, Merrill; Lapkin, Sharon – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquee, 2011
Vygotsky's writings have established the critical importance of language in the development of higher mental functions, including memory and attention. One of the processes involved in this development is languaging, the activity of mediating cognitively complex ideas using language (Swain, 2006). The present study of an older adult with mild…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Biographies, Cognitive Ability, Memory