Integrating literature from all areas of psychology, this book includes historical accounts, analysis of experiments and treatment topics, providing a comprehensive scientific account of memory and how it can increase over time.

Integrating literature from all areas of psychology, this book includes historical accounts, analysis of experiments and treatment topics, providing a comprehensive scientific account of memory and how it can increase over time. The author includes his own contributions to the field, ranging from his early attempts to use free-association to produce hyperamnesia to his most recent research with hypnosis, subliminal stimuli, forced-recall techniques and very long-delayed recall probes.