Graham Hitch is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of York, best known for his work with Alan Baddeley in developing a Working Memory Model.[2][3]
Graham Hitch | |
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| Born | Graham James Hitch |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge (PhD) |
| Known for | Working memory |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Memory Cognitive Psychology[1] |
| Institutions | University of York University of Sussex University of Manchester Lancaster University University of Stirling |
| Thesis | Organisation and retrieval in immediate memory (1972) |
| Website | www |
Education
editHe gained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics from the University of Cambridge, before gaining a Master of Science degree in Experimental Psychology from the University of Sussex.[citation needed] He then returned to Cambridge to complete his PhD in 1972.[4]
Career and research
editHe has worked as a research fellow at the University of Sussex (1971–1972) and the University of Stirling (1972–1974), and as a scientist on the Medical Research Council of the Applied Psychology Unit based in Cambridge (1974–1979). He has more recently been employed as a lecturer at the University of Manchester (1979–1990), and as a professor at the University of Lancaster (1991–2000), before moving to the University of York in 2000.
References
edit- ^ Graham Hitch publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ Baddeley, Alan D.; Hitch, Graham (1974). Working Memory. Psychology of Learning and Motivation. Vol. 8. pp. 47–89. doi:10.1016/S0079-7421(08)60452-1. ISBN 9780125433082. ISSN 0079-7421.
- ^ Baddeley, Alan D.; Hitch, Graham J. (1994). "Developments in the concept of working memory". Neuropsychology. 8 (4): 485–493. doi:10.1037/0894-4105.8.4.485. ISSN 1931-1559.
- ^ Hitch, Graham James (1972). Organisation and retrieval in immediate memory. ethos.bl.uk (PhD thesis). University of Cambridge.
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