Memory and Technology

This book provides a thorough interdisciplinary review of the current literature on external memory, including relevant theoretical frameworks from across the sciences, arts, and humanities. Chapters discuss the results of a comprehensive survey with a rich and novel empirical data set on the interplay of internal and external memory in everyday life and how it is changing in the early 21 st century. The results offer a comprehensive picture of a growing symbiosis between internal and external memory. The book combines the survey results as well as a review of current literature to present a new theoretical framework for understanding the interplay of internal and external memory and their complementary strengths. It concludes with a guide to important dimensions, questions, and methods for future research. Memory and Technology will be of interest to researchers, professors, and students across the disciplines of psychology, philosophy, library and information science, human factors, media and cultural studies, anthropology and archaeology, photography, and cognitive rehabilitation. "This is a novel book, with interesting and valuable data on an important, meaningful topic, as well as a gathering of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary ideas...The research is accurately represented and inclusive. As a teaching tool, I can envision graduate seminars in different disciplines drawing on the material as the basis for teaching and discussions." Dr. Linda A. Henkel, Fairfield University " This book documents the achievements of a vibrant scientific project - you feel the enthusiasm of the authors for their research. The organization of the manuscript introduces the reader into a comparatively new field the same way as pioneering authors have approached it. " Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schönpflug, Freie Universität Berlin