Examines earlier studies relating to human memory, extracts estimates of parameters that appear to be crucial to performance in complex tasks, and illustrates how these parameter values predict behavior in a range of laboratory situations. (JR)

Reports smoking cigarettes containing nicotine associated with significantly poorer delayed recall. (SL)

Considers the definition of learning as usefully applied to lower animals in instances of trained food-aversion behavior as a viable instance of associative learning. (SL)

The interdisciplinary approach of cognitive neuroscience in studying mind-brain relations is discussed. (SA)