Memory as Something That Can Be Counted Versus Memory as Something That Can Be Counted On

The study of everyday memory has come a long way si .... l.Ce Neisser's provocative address at the first Practical Aspects of Memory (PAM) conference, as the volume and scope of the research presented at the third PAM conference clearly indicates. In what way, however, does this research really differ from the traditional, laboratory-based study of memory? Although the everyday-laboratory controversy has often been quite spirited (American Psychologist, January 1991), it is not completely clear what the commotion is all about (Tulving, 1991). Our reading of the various commentaries identified three distinct dimensions around which the controversy has generally revolved: what memory phenomena should be studied, how they should be studied, and where.