MEMORY REMEMBERED - 1970-1991

Substantial changes in our knowledge of the neurologic and cognitive processes underlying memory disorders have occurred between 1970 and 1991. Models of memory stressing consolidation, retrieval, and executive processes have had a positive effect on the way memory disorders are assessed in the clinical setting. The memory tests available today are superior to those used in the 1970s in terms of their sensitivity and selectivity. Similarly, cognitive psychologists have successfully used clinical patients to evaluate the validity of their models derived from normal subjects. It is concluded that cognitive and clinical psychology are not disparate fields; rather, the two have been highly interdependent in a positive manner.