Behavioral studies of memory: conditional discrimination techniques

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A presentation of various conceptual problems and challenges in the field of memory research\n is presented in Article 1. After giving examples of approaches to the phenomenon by the disciplines of behavior analysis and cognitive psychology, more fundamental differences between the disciplines are discussed. It is promoted that behavior analysis has much to contribute with in the study of memory, both in the experimental field, and in applied settings in which treatment of different forms of memory-deficits is relevant. A special focus is pointed to treatment of patients with dementia, of which an important feature is decline in behavioral functions related to memory. Different matching-to-sample procedures have been promoted as promising in this treatment. In Article 2, a matching-to-sample procedure is conducted to establish name-face relations of three caregiver staff in a woman with unspecified dementia. Effects of a morphing procedure on the efficacy of the establishments were stu

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