Speeches, Articles, and Commentaries

Republication of Atkinson & Shiffrin (1968)

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Machinery of Human Memory

A background paper prepared for a public lecture sponsored by the UCSD School of Social Sciences (June 22, 2023)

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2022 Atkinson Prizes in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences

Mahzarin Rustum Banaji, Harvard University, and Dan Jurafsky, Stanford University, will receive the 2022 Atkinson Prizes in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences. Banaji is recognized for her groundbreaking contributions to understanding implicit social cognition. Her research has helped establish and quantify the role that unconscious processes play in governing human social actions and judgments of others. Her landmark collaborative research defined implicit social cognition, introduced the term “implicit bias,” and developed the Implicit Association Test. Jurafsky has made landmark contributions to computational linguistics and its application to modeling the social, interactional, and cognitive aspects of human language and its processing. His interdisciplinary approach to fundamental research questions—forging links between the study of human language processing and machine language processing, the processing of spoken and written language, the cognitive and the social, and ranging from individual sounds to entire discourses—has pushed the boundaries of computational psycholinguistics. More information about Dr. Banaji’s and Dr. Jurafsky’s research contributions can be found on the Web page established for the Atkinson Prize at  http://www.nasonline.org/programs/awards/psychological-cognitive-sciences.html .

2020 Atkinson Prizes in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences

Richard Aslin, Haskins Laboratories and Yale University, and Susan Carey, Harvard University received the 2020 Atkinson Prizes in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences. Aslin is recognized for his groundbreaking innovations and seminal contributions to the field of infancy, from visual and perceptual development to early language acquisition and most recently, to brain imaging in infants. Carey is recognized for her discoveries of the mechanisms by which core cognition undergoes conceptual change in childhood and over history, thereby revolutionizing our understanding of how humans construct an understanding of objects, number, living kinds, and the physical world. More information about Dr. Aslin’s and Dr. Carey’s research contributions can be found on the Web page established for the Atkinson Prize at  http://www.nasonline.org/programs/awards/psychological-cognitive-sciences.html .

Atkinson and Shiffrin Model at 50 Years

The journal  Memory & Cognition  has devoted a special issue to recognize five decades of research on human memory inspired by Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968). Here is a list of articles in the special issue and the lead-off article. (May 2019)
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Reflections on Receiving the 2018 Clark Kerr Medal

Drawn from remarks at the award ceremony in Berkeley, California at which Atkinson was given the Clark Kerr Medal by the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate, University of California. The award recognizes individuals who have made “extraordinary contributions to the advancement of higher education”. (December 5, 2018).
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The Pursuit of Knowledge: Speeches and Papers of Richard C Atkinson

A collection of speeches and papers published by the UC Press in 2007, available in the collection of Presidential Papers as an Open Access Publication from the University of California:  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8jk70614#main .
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The School of Medicine 50th Anniversary Symposium

Remarks of Richard Atkinson at the symposium (May 2, 2018).
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2018 Atkinson Prizes in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences

Barbara Dosher, University of California, Irvine and Richard M. Shiffrin, Indiana University received the 2018 Atkinson Prizes in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences. Dosher for her groundbreaking experimental and theoretical work using elegant computational models and novel psychophysical techniques to reveal the nature of processes controlling human memory, search, perceptual attention, and perceptual learning. Shiffrin for his pioneering contributions to the empirical and theoretical investigation of short- and long-term memory, controlled and automatic attention, the co-evolution of general knowledge and event memory, and the field of cognitive science. More information about Dr. Dosher’s and Dr. Shiffrin’s research contributions can be found on the Web page established for the Atkinson Prize at  http://www.nasonline.org/programs/awards/psychological-cognitive-sciences.html .

 The Mind's Theorist

Occasionally I am asked to give a public talk on my field of research, namely, the nature of the human mind from the perspective of the psychological and cognitive sciences. Drafts of these lectures entitled The Mind's Theorist appeared at various times on this website, the first circa 2004. Recently, an expanded version of these talks was published and a reprint is attached below. To cite this article: Atkinson, R. C. (2018). The mind's theorist. Revista Colombiana de Psicología, 27, 133-139.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rcp.v27n1.68594
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Connect Founders Award

Drawn from Atkinson’s remarks at the CONNECT ceremony in San Diego upon receiving the award (November 29, 2017).
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Human Memory: A Proposed System and Its Control Processes

A recent article with R.M. Shiffrin describes the origins and development of a theory first proposed some 50 years ago that continues to be central to the field of memory research. Published in Scientists Making a Difference, edited by R.J. Sternberg, S.T. Fiske and D.J. Foss. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2016.
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Entrepreneurial President: Richard Atkinson and the University of California

A book by Patricia A. Pelfrey (University of California Press, 2012) is now freely available at  http://escholarship.org/uc/item/60s1s1g6 . It is an account of the Atkinson presidency, including UC’s stormy transition to the post-affirmative action era.
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2016 Atkinson Prizes in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences

John R. Anderson, Richard King Mellon Professor of Psychology and Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University, and Carol S. Dweck, Lewis and Virginia Eaton professor of Psychology at Stanford University, will receive the 2016 Atkinson Prizes in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences. Anderson is being honored for his foundational contributions to systematic theory and optimality analysis in cognitive and psychological science and for developing effective, theory-based cognitive tutors for education. Dweck is honored for her groundbreaking work documenting that the implicit theories people hold about human abilities and traits have profound consequences on their perseverance, resilience, and achievement. More information about Dr. Anderson’s and Dr. Dweck’s research contributions can be found on the Web page established for the Atkinson Prize at  www.nasonline.org/programs/awards/psychological-cognitive-sciences.html .

Vannevar Sets the Stage

An essay published in an anthology celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of the National Academy of Education. The citation for the book: Feuer, M.J., Berman, A. I., & Atkinson, R.C. (Eds.). (2015).  Past as Prologue: The National Academy of Education at 50. Members Reflect.  Washington, DC: National Academy of Education.
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Whither universities?

An essay published in the Forum section of  Issues in Science and Technology  (Summer 2015) critiquing an article by Michael Crow and William Dabars entitled “A New Model for the American Research University”.
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The Big Problem With the New SAT

Opinion piece published in the New York Times (05/05/15). The new version of the SAT is to debut in the spring of 2016.
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Computer Assisted Instruction: Optimizing the Learning Process

Edited transcript of a speech at a symposium in honor of William K. Estes entitled “From Principles of Cognitive Science to MOOCS”. Annual convention of the Association for Psychological Science held in San Francisco, May 2014.
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Beyond the Master Plan: The Case for Restructuring Baccalaureate Education in California

Paper published with Saul Geiser in the  California Journal of Politics and Policy , Volume 5, Issue 1 (January 2013).
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Richard Atkinson awarded Presidential Medal

Press release for the 2012 University of California Presidential Medal Award (09/10/12).

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UCSD From Field Station to Research University

Published in  The Journal of San Diego History , Vol. 58, No. 3, (Summer 2012).This is adapted from the transcript of the first in a series of lectures sponsored by the La Jolla Historical Society on “The Emergence of Pioneering Scientific Institutions in La Jolla”; the lecture series was organized and moderated by Constance Mullin Branscomb. This lecture took place on January 20, 2009 at St. James Hall in La Jolla, California.

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Entrepreneurial President: Richard Atkinson and the University of California, 1995-2003

Press release for  The Entrepreneurial President: Richard Atkinson and the University of California , 1995-2003 written by Patricia A. Pelfrey (Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 2012).

Better Research Needed on the Impact of Charter Schools

Commentary about the need for a wider use of randomized controlled trials to study the impact of charter schools on student outcomes, with Julian R. Betts. Published in Science, Vol. 335, 171-172 (01/13/12).

Social Scientists’ Contributions to Science Policy during the New Deal

The Science of Human Memory

Speech by Richard C. Atkinson on the occasion of being named 2011 Scientist of the Year by the San Diego Chapter of the ARCS Foundation (03/18/11).

Science and the Entrepreneurial University

This paper was published in the Summer 2010 issue of  Issues in Science and Technology.

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FABBS Foundation In Honor of Richard C. Atkinson

The Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain Sciences honoring scientists who have made important and lasting contributions to the behavioral and brain sciences (06/29/10).

Speech at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities

This paper is the basis for Richard Atkinson’s speech at the Conference of Presidents of Academies and Scholarly Societies in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities held March 14-17, 2010 in Jerusalem, Israel (03/17/10).

Reflections on a Century of College Admissions Tests

Paper published with Saul Geiser in  Educational Researcher , Vol. 38, No. 9 (December 2009).

Remarks to the UC Commission on the Future

Remarks at the second meeting of the UC Commission on the Future, a commission co-chaired by Chairman of the UC Board of Regents Russell Gould and UC President Mark Yudof. The charge of the commission is to recommend strategies that will allow the ten-campus system to maintain access, quality and affordability despite declining state support (11/12/09).

Addressing the Graduation Gap

Book review of  Crossing the Finish Line: Completing College at America’s Public Universities , with Saul Geiser. Published in  Science , Vol. 325, 1343-1344 (09/11/09).

The New SAT: A Test at War with Itself

An invited presidential address at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association held in San Diego, California (04/15/09).

Indiana University Commencement Speech

One hundred seventy-ninth commencement ceremony in Bloomington, Indiana (12/20/08).

The New SAT: A Work in Progress

Opinion piece about the new SAT published in:  A Journal of the Association for Psychological Science, Observer , Vol. 21, No. 10 (11/08).

Science Advisor to the Next President

Opinion piece published in the  San Diego Union-Tribune   (3/28/08).

Research Universities: Core of the U.S. Science and Technology System

Paper published in  Technology in Society , Vol. 30, No.1 (January 2008).

Recollections of events leading to the first exchange of students, scholars and scientists between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.

A memorandum regarding the first ever document signed by both the governments of the People’s Republic of China and the United States (January 1979).

Research Universities and the Wealth of Nations

A speech presented at the U.S.-China Forum on Science and Technology Policy held on October 15-17, 2006, in Beijing, China (10/16/06).

Opportunity in a Democratic Society: Race and Economic Status in Higher Education

This paper was the basis for the Third Annual Nancy Cantor Distinguished Lecture on Intellectual Diversity delivered by Richard C. Atkinson on May 18, 2005 at a national conference at the University of Michigan entitled "Futuring Diversity: Creating a National Agenda." Subsequently published in the  Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society , Vol. 150, No. 2 (June 2006).

Commencement Remarks

Charter Class of the UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (06/03/06).

Proposed Boycott of Israeli Academics

Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times signed by Richard C. Atkinson, President Emeritus, University of California; John Brademus, President Emeritus, New York University; Thomas Ehrlich, President Emeritus, Indiana University; Donald Kennedy, President Emeritus, Stanford University; and David Ward, Chancellor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison (05/30/06).

Remembering David Saxon

Remarks given at President Emeritus David Saxon’s Memorial Service on the UCLA campus (03/14/06).

Equity in California Higher Education

Speech presented to the Latino Education Summit X in San Diego, California (09/24/05).

San Diego County Board of Education Resolution

in honor of Richard C. Atkinson (8/24/05).

Foreword to Biography of Fred Terman

Fred Terman at Stanford: Building a Discipline, a University, and Silicon Valley  (Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2004).

Research Universities and the Nation’s Economy

Speech presented to the Downtown San Diego Rotary Club (11/18/04).

Rethinking Admissions: US Public Universities in the Post-Affirmative Action Age

Invited paper at the UK and US Higher Education Finance and Access Symposium, Oxford University (09/29/04).

College Admissions and the SAT: A Personal Perspective

Invited address at the annual meeting of the  American Educational Research Association , San Diego (4/14/04). Subsequently published in:  A Journal of the Association for Psychological Science, Observer , Vol. 18, 15-22, 2005.

A New World of Scholarly Communication

Commentary about preserving access to scholarly resources in university libraries, published in  The Chronicle of Higher Education   (11/07/03).

Farewell Remarks

Presented to the Board of Regents (9/18/03).

Regents' Resolution

in honor of Richard C. Atkinson (9/18/03).

A Brief History of the Atkinson Presidency

by Patricia A. Pelfrey (9/03).

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Public Sector Collaboration for Agricultural IP Management

Commentary about intellectual property rights by Richard C. Atkinson and others, published in  Science  (7/11/03).

paper published in the  Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society , Vol. 148, No. 2 (June 2004).

University of Chicago Alumni Medal

Remarks on the occasion of receiving the University of Chicago Alumni Medal (6/7/03).

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Stanley Biosciences and Bioengineering Facility

Remarks on the occasion of the groundbreaking ceremony for the Biosciences and Bioengineering Facility at UC Berkeley (5/30/03).

Vannevar Bush Award Citation

Presented at the National Science Board Awards Ceremony in Washington, D.C. (5/21/03).

Academic Freedom

Letter to The Regents informing them of the Academic Council's review of a proposed revision to the policy on academic freedom contained in the Academic Personnel Manual, Section 010 (4/23/03).

Diversity: Not There Yet

Opinion piece about UC's experience with the elimination of race and ethnicity in admissions, published by  The Washington Post  (4/20/03).

Letter to the Regents

regarding enrollment projections and long-range planning (3/3/03).

Valley will reap infinite rewards from UC Merced

Opinion piece about the University of California's 10th campus being built in the San Joaquin Valley, published in The  Fresno Bee   (11/4/02).

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 50th Anniversary

Remarks on the occasion of the 50th anniversary celebration of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (9/20/02).

Anniversary of September 11

Letter to members of the University of California community on the anniversary of September 11 (9/3/02).

English R1A course section

Letter to The Regents regarding reading and composition course at UC Berkeley, and Professor Robert Post's analysis on issues of academic freedom and responsibility (8/14/02).

Message at the beginning of the academic year

Letter to members of the University of California community regarding the exchange of divergent viewpoints and civil obedience in exercising free speech (8/02).

College Board's decision to alter the SAT I

Statement on the College Board's new test, which will be in accord with specifications developed by UC's Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (6/27/02).

California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology

Remarks on the occasion of the groundbreaking ceremony for the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Cal-IT2) and the Computer Science and Engineering Building in San Diego (5/31/02).

The Changing World of College Admissions Tests

Speech delivered to the Western Association of College and University Business Officers, San Diego (5/7/02).

Food safety first

Opinion piece about efforts by the University of California to help ensure the safety and security of the nation's food supply, published in the  San Francisco Chronicle   (5/2/02).

Atkinson - the great UC innovator

Op-Ed By Peter Schrag, Sacramento Bee (April 12, 2002).

The Quality of the University of California

Text of letter to a UC alumnus concerned about the quality of the University (1/28/02).

American Psychological Association Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution to Psychology

(2002).

Achievement Versus Aptitude in College Admissions

Paper based on keynote address delivered at a conference on Rethinking the SAT: The Future of Standardized Testing in University Admissions, in Santa Barbara, 11/16/01. Published in  Issues in Science and Technology , Winter 2001-02 (12/01).

Rethinking admissions tests

Web site with comprehensive information about UC's deliberations on the use of admisssions test.

The California Crucible: Demography, Excellence, and Access at the University of California

Keynote address delivered at the 2001 International Assembly of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, San Francisco (7/2/01).

UC looks beyond test scores for students

Opinion piece about initiatives to expand opportunities for students to achieve admission to UC, published in the  Sacramento Bee  (6/15/01).

Educational leadership for California

Testimony on demand for the education doctorate before the California Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education, Sacramento (6/12/01).

The Globalization of the University

Keynote address delivered at the inauguration of President Akimasa Mitsuta, Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies, Japan (5/26/01).

Update on Federal Research and Development Expenditures

Letter to The Regents of the University of California about a report in the March 16, 2001 issue of  The Chronicle of Higher Education  on the top 100 institutions for federal R&D expenditures in 1998 and 1999 (4/18/01).

Standardized Tests and Access to American Universities

The 2001 Robert H. Atwell Distinguished Lecture, delivered at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Council on Education, Washington, D.C. (2/18/01).

Let's step back from the SAT I

Opinion piece about elimination of the SAT I examination as a requirement for application to the University of California, published in the  San Jose Mercury News  (2/23/01).

UC takes a look at SAT I's worth

Opinion piece about the role of standardized testing and the SAT I in admissions decisions at the University of California, published in the  Sacramento Bee  (2/21/01).

A Five-Year Report to The Regents

Progress report on goals for the University of California (1/01).

Higher Education Helps Drive the Economy

Opinion piece about the partnership between the University of California and California State University systems in contributing to the state's economy, published in the  Los Angeles Times  (10/4/00).

Why federal funding for basic research is important

Opinion piece about how basic research funding can help maintain our nation's economic strength, published in the  San Diego Union-Tribune  (9/28/00).

Dual Admission Proposal

Letter to UC Academic Council Chair proposing an alternative path to supplement the University's current admission process.

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A background document accompanies the letter (9/20/00).

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Summer Institutes

Letter to Governor Davis about the California Professional Development Initiatives, designed to improve teacher quality and student learning in California (9/8/00).

Commencement Address

California Western School of Law, San Diego (4/28/00).

Industry-University Partnerships

Letter to The Regents of the University of California about an article in the March 2000 issue of  The Atlantic Monthly  on industry-university partnerships (3/10/00).

The Future Arrives First in California - The need to educate record numbers of students, UC's research contributions to

California's economy, and the University's initiatives to encourage diversity in a post-affirmative action era, published in  Issues in Science and Technology , Winter 1999-2000.

Opportunities for Chinese and American Universities in the Knowledge-based Economy

Paper presented at the China-U.S. Joint Science Policy Seminar, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the signing of the first agreement between the People's Republic of China and the United States for the exchange of scientists and scholars, Beijing, China (10/25/99). Published in  Proceedings of First Sino-US Science Policy Seminar (October 24-27, 1999) , edited by Mu Rongping and W. A. Blanpied, Beijing, China: Science Press, 2000.

The Golden Fleece, Science Education, and U.S. Science Policy

Paper read at the Colloquium Series on the History of Science and Technology, University of California at Berkeley, 10 November 1997, and published in the  Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society,   Vol. 143, No. 3   (9/99).

Robert Gordon Sproul

Sproul's presidency of the University, published in  California Journal  (11/99).

UC Wants More Transfers From Community Colleges

Opinion piece about UC's efforts to boost community college-to-UC transfers, published in the  Los Angeles Times  (9/20/99).

Letter to the Regents

regarding the U.S. News and World Report rankings of universities (8/27/99).

Prepare Now for the Next Wave

Teach children to read? Higher education is lending a hand

Opinion piece about summer institutes for California's K-12 teachers sponsored by UC and CSU, published in the  San Diego Union-Tribune  (1/14/99).

A Three-Year Report to Alumni

Talk at the fall retreat of the Alumni Associations of the University of California (10/16/98).

It Takes Cash to Keep Ideas Flowing

Opinion piece about the need for public investment in education and research, published in the  Los Angeles Times  (9/25/98).

Tradition at the University of California

Transcript of remarks at The Regents' dinner (9/17/98).

The Future of the University of California

A personal view on the issues and challenges facing the University (revised 9/98).

After 209: Now We Must Raise Achievement of K-12 Kids

Opinion piece about UC's efforts to support and strengthen K-12 education, published in the  San Jose Mercury-News  (4/10/98).

Admission to the University of California

Opinion piece about the challenges of expanding opportunities for all promising students without regard to race and ethnicity, published in the  San Francisco Chronicle  (4/1/98).  Reprinted in the  Los Angeles Daily News,  the  Santa Barbara News-Press,  and the  Oakland Tribune .

California's Outreach

Published in  On Common Ground , the journal of the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute (Winter 1998).

Investing in California's Children

Transcript of a talk at the California Senate Fiscal Retreat, an annual policy forum for California political leaders sponsored by the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee and the UC California Policy Seminar, Berkeley (1/24/98).

The Role of the President of the University

Prepared for UC student newspapers (12/97).

The Role of Research in the University of the Future

Address at The United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan (11/4/97).

California's Library Without Limits

Opinion piece about UC's digital library, originally published in the  San Diego Union-Tribune  (10/14/97).

Partnership For Learning

Opinion piece about the benefits of a UC education, published in the  San Diego Union-Tribune,   the  Santa Cruz Sentinel,   and the  Davis Enterprise  (6/97).

Universities: At the Center of U.S. Research

An editorial in  Science   magazine (6/6/97).

Visions and Values: The Research University in Transition

The 19th Annual Pullias Lecture, University of Southern California (3/1/97).

Present Challenges of a Research University

Transcript of a talk at the conference "University in Transition," University of California, Berkeley (3/97).

Town and Gown Join Forces to Boost State

Opinion piece about UC's research partnerships with industry to ensure the State's economic leadership, published in the  Los Angeles Times  (12/31/96).

The Numbers Game and Graduate Education

Address at the Symposium on Graduate Education in the Biological Sciences for the 21st Century, University of California at San Francisco (10/2/96).

UC and the National Research Council Ratings of Graduate Programs

Commentary and excerpt from the May/June 1996 issue of  Change  magazine.

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Change  magazine article “Rating Phd Programs: What the NRC Report Says…and Doesn’t Say”.
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The California Solution

Keynote Address at the California Coalition on Science & Technology Summit, Sacramento (5/28/96).

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UC and California's Future

Address at the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco (5/2/96).

High Stakes for Knowledge

Opinion piece about the importance of funding university research, published in the  Los Angeles Times  (4/28/96).

America's Great Success Story -- The Land-Grant University,

California Agriculture magazine (3/96).

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How to Improve U.S. Productivity, Opinion piece about investing in university research and development to ensure continued intellectual and economic productivity, published in the   San Francisco Chronicle   (3/4/96).

Universities and the Knowledge-based Economy

Transcript of a talk by President Richard C. Atkinson at the California Senate Fiscal Retreat, an annual policy forum for California political leaders sponsored by the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee and the UC California Policy Seminar, Berkeley (2/3/96).

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UC Is Unwaveringly Committed To Diversity

Opinion piece about UC's efforts to achieve diversity following the decision to end the use of race and gender factors in admissions, published in the  Los Angeles Times (11/13/95).

Report to the Regents on the National Research Council's Study of Ph.D. Programs that ranked more than half of UC's 229 programs in the top 20

(10/11/95).

Remarks of Richard C. Atkinson

Remarks to The Regents of the University of California on the occasion of being appointed president (8/18/95).

The Future of the Research University

Reprinted from  Reinventing the University: Proceedings of a Symposium held at UCLA  (6/23/94).

Equilibrium in the Research University

Published in  Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning , co-authored with Donald Tuzin, professor of Anthropology, UC San Diego (May/June 1992).

Supply and Demand for Scientists and Engineers: A National Crisis in the Making

Paper published in  Science  magazine about the shortage of technical personnel and its impact on the nation (04/27/90).

State of the National Research System: Issues for the New Administration

Proposed remarks at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Research Administrators (10/11/88).

Peer Review and the Public Interest

Paper published with William A. Blanpied in the Summer 1985 issue of  Issues in Science and Technology.

Psychology and the Golden Fleece 

Transcription of an address presented at the 6th National Institute on Teaching Psychology to Undergraduates in Clearwater Beach, Florida (January 4-7, 1984).
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Report of the California Commission on Industrial Innovation   

I have had so many inquiries about this report following Jerry Brown’s election as Governor of California in 2011 that I decided to place it on my website so that it is easily accessible. This report was completed in 1982 at the end of Jerry Brown’s second term as governor in the 1970 to 1980 period (November 2, 1982).
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American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution

(1977).
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UCSD Psychology Department Cognitive Brown Bag Talk

Video of Richard Atkinson discussing his early work entitled “Human memory: The general theory and its various models.” (March 11, 2022).
Video: March 11, 2022