Integrating literatures from all areas of psychology, this text includes historical accounts, analysis of experiments, and treatment of topics from free-association and hypnosis to truth sera, to provide a comprehensive scientific account of memory increasing over time. This volume highlights both classic and modern work on hypermnesia, or memory improvement. Included are Erdelyi's own contributions, ranging from his early attempts to use free-association to produce hypermnesia to his most recent research with hypnosis, subliminal stimuli, forced-recall techniques, and very long-delayed recall probes.
Preface Acknowledgments 1: The Historical Background of Hypermnesia and Reminiscence in Experimental Psychology 2: Hypermnesia and Reminiscence in the Clinic 3: Shipwreck of Hypermnesia and Reminiscence in the Laboratory: The Mid-Century Period 4: The Recovery of Information from Complex Subliminal Stimuli 5: Rehabilitation of Hypermnesia and Reminiscence in Modern Experimental Psychology 6: Theoretical Issues in the Modern Experimental Literature on Hypermnesia and Reminiscence 7: Special Topics in Hypermnesia 8: Long-Term and Very Long-Term Hypermnesia for Complex Narrative Materials 9: Overview and Implications App: The Technique, Rationale, and Empirical Grounding of Criterion-Controlled Free Recall (CCFR) of Narrative Materials References Name Index Subject Index