Long-term memory

list paradigm. Manipulating modality (auditory and visual presentation) and word type (concrete and abstract) has never been studied in relation to false recall. We predicted that the word lists that were presented aurally and/or contained concrete terms would show higher rates of false recall for the critical lure words. Approximately, 24 undergraduate students took part in the study. The participants were presented with 12 word lists that were associated with 6 concrete lures, and 6 abstract…

papers are “judged”, revised, or graded based off how well I can unify a theme amongst different ideas. For the first paper, we were assigned The Persistence of Memory: A Personal Narrative. We used an activity on vivid memories from the beginning of class to begin our thoughts on the importance of vivid, sensual details of memories. Along with this we had to incorporate a piece that we were assigned in class to use…

For this report I interviewed my great grandmother, Margaret Westphal, about the changes she is encountering within each domain throughout late adulthood. Last April she celebrated her 76th birthday and appears to be aging successfully according to John Rowe and Robert Kahn (Boyd & Bee, 2012, p. 462). Rowe and Kahn define successful aging as maintaining physical health, cognitive abilities, being involved in social and productive activities, and being satisfied with life. (Boyd & Bee, 2012, p.…

The Good Times As D.H. Lawrence listens to a woman singing and playing piano, he experiences a moment of involuntary memory that is connected to his mother. In his poem “Piano”, Lawrence begins by stating, “softly in the dusk, a woman is singing to me” (1). By using descriptive text throughout the poem, Lawrence illustrates the memory of, “hymns in the cozy parlor, the tinkling piano our guide” (8). Lawrence explains that the singer is “taking me back down the vista of years” which makes it…

Loftus and Hyman performed psychology research that showcased that memories have inaccuracies. Because of their help, psychologists understand that memories are not always exact. Memories stimulate different types of responses. In addition, certain memories showcase strong emotions which allow those memories to be remembered longer. These emotions include not only fear and horror, but also joy and excitement. Every person experiences an exciting moment in their life. Whether it is a…

one’s comprehension of the self are thought to be profoundly influenced by the individual’s memory. Hence, one may not only view the self as a concept or as an image, but also “think of the self as one’s memory for oneself” (Klein). Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind sets the focus on this dynamic, examining the impairment imposed on its characters’ perception of their own identity caused by the selective memory erasure. The film portrays the disruption of the consciousness engendered by…

What is dementia? Dementia describes a collection of symptoms that are caused by disorders affecting the brain. It is not one specific disease. Dementia affects thinking, behaviour and the ability to perform everyday tasks. Brain function is affected enough to interfere with the person’s normal social or working life. Who gets dementia? Most people with dementia are older, but it is important to remember that not all older people get dementia. It is not a normal part of ageing. Dementia can…

6.1 RESULTS 6.1.1 Barrier Effects on Choice Behavior Over training days (i.e., Discrimination phase III), the mice came to choose the arm containing the Higher reward (HR arm) on a majority of trials in the absence of a barrier (Day effect: F (5, 40) = 4.7, p <0.001). Without the barrier, the mice chose the HR arm more often on the third day of training in comparison to the first training day (Fisher’s PLSD, p <0.001). When the 20-cm barrier was placed in the HR arm, the number of HR arm…

shoving all the snow and snow slide away to keep Gabriel warm, but the snow kept getting in our way. As I walked through the snow, all the memories from the Giver I learned came up in my mind growing in a cycle and I felt balmy. The colors, food I liked, the sleigh all I learned, all the memories warmth myself even in the snow. Yes, I felt warm, but as the memory grew, I felt more exhausted. I shouted for help without any power and collapsed in the snow wondering if somebody would help us. I…

Abstract The introduction of an abrupt sudden-onset to a goal-directed task may result in at least partially automatic attentional capture, though its occurrence will be more probable when the sudden-onsets occur rarely (Neo & Chua, 2006), and the cognitive load is low (Lavie, 2005). Yantis and Jonides (1990) measured sudden-onset attentional capture, and concluded that capture is modulated according to the level of focus the observer has on a particular task. Attentional capture was stated to…