Mark H. Ashcraft

Mark Henry Ashcraft (December 8, 1949 – September 6, 2022)^[1][2] was an American academic and the chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.^[3] He received his PhD in cognitive psychology from the University of Kansas in 1975.^[3] His research was primarily in the area of numerical cognition, including topics such as mental arithmetic and math anxiety.^[4] He has published multiple books and articles on cognitive psychology,^[5] including:

• Human Memory and Cognition. Prentice Hall (1997); ISBN 0-321-01207-0
• Cognition. Prentice Hall; 4th ed. (2005);ISBN 0-13-155271-6

Death

Ashcraft died on September 6, 2022, at his home in Henderson, Nevada, aged 72. He was survived, immediately, by his wife, Mary, and their two children.^[2]

Bibliography

Ashcraft, Mark H. (1998). Priscilla McGeehon (ed.). Fundamentals of Cognition. Addison Wesley Longman. ISBN 0-321-01207-0.