The concept of working memory, A. Baddeley; covert processes and their development in short-term memory, N. Cowan, R. Kail; a connectionist model of STM for serial order, N. Burgess, G.J. Hitch; interactive processes in phonological memory, S.E. Gathercole, A.J. Martin; the representation of words and nonwords in short-term memory - serial order and syllable structure, G. Houghton et al; nonword repetition, STM, and word age-of-acquisition - a computational model, G.D.A. Brown, C. Hulme; associations and disassociations between language impairment and list recall - implications for models of STM, R.C. Martin, M.F. Lesch; auditory short-term memory and the perception of speech, C. Frankish; the object-oriented episodic record model, D.M. Jones et al; item, associative, and serial-order information in TODAM, B. Murdock; how many words can working memory hold? - a model and a method, R. Schweickert et al.

This volume offers a collection of theoretical perspectives in the area of short-term memory. It contains overviews of models of short-term memory, with particular emphasis placed on the detailed description of the functioning of the models. The volume represents both computational approaches and theories expressed in more traditional verbal form. Models represented in the volume also cover both developmental and neuropsychological perspectives on short-term memory.; This book should appeal to active researchers in the area of memory, to graduate students, and to academics who wish to update their knowledge of this fast- developing are of research and theory. Final year undergraduates may also find this book of interest.