Memory Change in the Aged, Christopher Hertzog (GA Tech Psych Prof) & David Hultsch

A History of the Mind by Nicholas Humphrey

The Making of Memory by Steven Rose (British Neurologist)

The Forgetting by David Shenk (about Alzheimer's - to be published in next millennium)

Life and loss: a guide to help grieving children, by Linda Goldman. Encourages ways for children to work through issues of loss and grief through "funerals, memorials, memory books, and other activities.

Memory: Remembering and Forgetting in Everyday Life by Dr. Barry Gordon

Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology (1885; trans.1913) by Hermann Ebbinghuas

Rees, Dawi. Death and bereavement. The psychoogical, religious and cultural interfaces. London, Whurr publishers, 2001. Examines mourning and funeral customs, and psychological and scientific insights.

Memory improvement books

People have been giving and seeking advice regarding memory for centuries.

Ad herennium, published about 80 BC, might be the world's oldest book that instructs its readers on ways to improve their memory. It was written to give advice to scholars on giving speeches from memory. (Yount, p. 76)

In 1491, Peter of Ravenna, from Italy, published The Phoenix, which provided businessmen with memory tips. (Yount,p. 77)

In 1600, Matteo Ricci, an Italian Missionary in China, wrote a book with memory tips to help students prepary for a test to qualify for government jobs. (Yount, p 77)