Richard Shiffrin
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Richard Shiffrin is the Luther Dana Waterman Professor of cognitive science
for the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University, Bloomington
. Shiffrin has contributed a number of theories of attention
and memory
to the field of psychology
. He co-authored the Atkinson–Shiffrin model of memory in 1968 with Richard Atkinson
, who was his academic adviser at the time. In 1977, he published a theory of attention
with Walter Schneider. With Jeroen G.W. Raaijmakers in 1980, Shiffrin published the Search of Associative Memory (SAM) model, which has served as the standard model of recall for cognitive psychologists well into the 2000s. He extended the SAM model with the Retrieving Effectively From Memory (REM) model in 1997 with Mark Steyvers.
Richard Shiffrin is an avid rock climber who has scaled walls in the Dolomites, Smith Rock, the Italian Alps, and many more. His community service involves volunteering at a local rock climbing gym as a route setter. He runs a Cognitive Science Conference every summer, the Annual Summer Interdisciplinary Conference, or ASIC, held at different world class outdoor adventure and rock climbing sites. The web page for 2012 is http://www.cogs.indiana.edu/asic/2012/index.html. He is also a long time backcountry skier (mostly in the environs of Jackson Hole Wyoming). Powerpoint slide shows of skiing and climbing may be located under 'Hobbies' on his home page at: http://www.cogs.indiana.edu/shiffrin/index.html.
Cognitive science
Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary scientific study of mind and its processes. It examines what cognition is, what it does and how it works. It includes research on how information is processed , represented, and transformed in behaviour, nervous system or machine...
for the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University, Bloomington
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
. Shiffrin has contributed a number of theories of attention
Attention
Attention is the cognitive process of paying attention to one aspect of the environment while ignoring others. Attention is one of the most intensely studied topics within psychology and cognitive neuroscience....
and memory
Memory
In psychology, memory is an organism's ability to store, retain, and recall information and experiences. Traditional studies of memory began in the fields of philosophy, including techniques of artificially enhancing memory....
to the field of psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
. He co-authored the Atkinson–Shiffrin model of memory in 1968 with Richard Atkinson
Richard C. Atkinson
Richard Chatham Atkinson is an American professor of psychology and academic administrator. He is the former president and regent of the University of California system, and former chancellor of U.C...
, who was his academic adviser at the time. In 1977, he published a theory of attention
Attention
Attention is the cognitive process of paying attention to one aspect of the environment while ignoring others. Attention is one of the most intensely studied topics within psychology and cognitive neuroscience....
with Walter Schneider. With Jeroen G.W. Raaijmakers in 1980, Shiffrin published the Search of Associative Memory (SAM) model, which has served as the standard model of recall for cognitive psychologists well into the 2000s. He extended the SAM model with the Retrieving Effectively From Memory (REM) model in 1997 with Mark Steyvers.
Richard Shiffrin is an avid rock climber who has scaled walls in the Dolomites, Smith Rock, the Italian Alps, and many more. His community service involves volunteering at a local rock climbing gym as a route setter. He runs a Cognitive Science Conference every summer, the Annual Summer Interdisciplinary Conference, or ASIC, held at different world class outdoor adventure and rock climbing sites. The web page for 2012 is http://www.cogs.indiana.edu/asic/2012/index.html. He is also a long time backcountry skier (mostly in the environs of Jackson Hole Wyoming). Powerpoint slide shows of skiing and climbing may be located under 'Hobbies' on his home page at: http://www.cogs.indiana.edu/shiffrin/index.html.
Awards
- Guggenheim Fellow, 1975–76
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAmerican Association for the Advancement of ScienceThe American Association for the Advancement of Science is an international non-profit organization with the stated goals of promoting cooperation among scientists, defending scientific freedom, encouraging scientific responsibility, and supporting scientific education and science outreach for the...
- James McKeen Cattell Sabbatical Fellowship, 1994–95
- Elected to the National Academy of Science, 1995
- Elected to the American Academy of Arts and SciencesAmerican Academy of Arts and SciencesThe American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy’s elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs.James Bowdoin, John Adams, and...
, 1996 - Fellow of the American Psychological SocietyAssociation for Psychological ScienceThe Association for Psychological Science , previously the American Psychological Society, is a non-profit international organization whose mission is to promote, protect, and advance the interests of scientifically oriented psychology in research, application, teaching, and the improvement of...
, 1996 - Howard Crosby Warren Medal (Society of Experimentald Psychologists), 1999
- The David E. Rumelhart PrizeRumelhart PrizeThe David E. Rumelhart Prize for Contributions to the Theoretical Foundations of Human Cognition was founded in 2001 in honor of the celebrated cognitive scientist David Rumelhart. The annual award is presented at the Cognitive Science Society meeting, where the recipient gives a lecture and...
for Contributions to the Formal Analysis of Human Cognition, 2002 - Elected to the American Philosophical SocietyAmerican Philosophical SocietyThe American Philosophical Society, founded in 1743, and located in Philadelphia, Pa., is an eminent scholarly organization of international reputation, that promotes useful knowledge in the sciences and humanities through excellence in scholarly research, professional meetings, publications,...
, 2005 - William James Fellow Award (Association for Psychological ScienceAssociation for Psychological ScienceThe Association for Psychological Science , previously the American Psychological Society, is a non-profit international organization whose mission is to promote, protect, and advance the interests of scientifically oriented psychology in research, application, teaching, and the improvement of...
), 2007
See also
- Richard C. AtkinsonRichard C. AtkinsonRichard Chatham Atkinson is an American professor of psychology and academic administrator. He is the former president and regent of the University of California system, and former chancellor of U.C...
- Atkinson–Shiffrin memory model
- MemoryMemoryIn psychology, memory is an organism's ability to store, retain, and recall information and experiences. Traditional studies of memory began in the fields of philosophy, including techniques of artificially enhancing memory....
- Short-term memoryShort-term memoryShort-term memory is the capacity for holding a small amount of information in mind in an active, readily available state for a short period of time. The duration of short-term memory is believed to be in the order of seconds. A commonly cited capacity is 7 ± 2 elements...