This book presents cutting-edge advances in human memory research fully integrated within the mainstream of the cognitive approach. Written in a lucid and engaging style, this book provides an overview of the multifaceted psychological study of memory. It introduces the principal issues of research on human memory, describes important research paradigms, and identifies connections across different traditions of memory research. The twelve chapters are predicated on the notion that an understanding of human memory requires familiarity with memory issues as seen from a variety of perspectives, including the psychobiological, developmental, neuropsychological, and applied perspectives, as well as the traditional cognitive point of view.