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tiredness combined with emotional stress will cause attention problems in many individuals (Stöppler). i. When you are tired it is tough to concentrate even when you have few distractions. Too little sleep can reduce your attention span and short-term memory (WebMD, 2014). ii. How often is the modern office worker interrupted? How long does it take people to get back on task (Pattison, 2008)? b. Enter the 21st century, everything is faster and expectations are higher. Now we work…

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…

There has been much research on the dynamic nature of working memory (Baddeley 2000; Repovs & Baddeley 2006). The concept of working memory was first introduced in a paper by Baddeley & Hitch (1974). Following on from this, Baddeley (1986, 1990, 1992) proposed that the main neural network that forms working memory includes the phonological loop, the visuospatial sketch pad and the central executive. From his research, Baddeley concluded that, under certain conditions, subjects are able to carry…

Alzheimer’s disease is an affliction that many families and individuals all over the world have to endure. As the individual slowly loses their memory and their ability to recognize themselves and others, they succumb to the disease soon after. Elderly people are most often associated with this disease, but a significant population under the age of 40 has shown symptoms of this disease. The good news is that people, especially young people, can take precautionary measures to avoid being…

Basically the internet rerouting our memory and we can remember where we got the information from, but not necessarily what it is. Nowadays we don't attempt nor try to restore the information we find off the internet. Our brain rely on Google for most of our memory than anything. ‘’A study suggests that 90 percent of us are suffering from digital amnesia’’. Most likely half of us can't even remember…

called a memory. Memories are the contents that a person can recall; whether it be something that happened when they were young, or remembering the sequence to a number pattern. A memory is the recalling of past events in life and remembering what has been learned. However, memories can be distorted. Memories may not always be accurate; a person can create false memories. While memories are not always precise, it does not mean that a person has altered their memories on purpose. Memories can…

to get a better understanding of memory, in this case specifically through studying amnesic patients, including the well-known patient, Henry Molaison. They characterized amnesia as a selective deficit in memory, and further into the future, researchers have come to understand the functional organization of the medial temporal memory system and the functioning of its cognitive processes. The article indicates that H.M. brought about five main findings: that memory is a “distinct psychological…

Neuroplasticity changes in children are a common observation since children are still developing and growing. However, changes due to musical effects have been observed to take place across a life span. Adolescents (teenage years between 12 and 19) brain plasticity have been shown to be affected through musical training, even though typical plasticity changes are less likely to occur as you get older (Tierney, et al., 2015). Changes in plasticity can even be observed in adults who begin musical…

Early visual experience is essential for the maturation of visual functions. For example, behavioral studies have demonstrated that visual acuity is low at the time of eye opening and visual experience is indispensable for its developmental improvement (Maurer et al., 1999; Prusky et al., 2000; Kang et al., 2013). Visual cortical neurons selectively respond with a higher rate of action potentials to particular features of visual stimuli (Hubel, 1982), which is considered to be a fundamental…

Suggestibility, as it pertains to memory, is a person’s unknown tendency to incorporate incorrect or misleading information into his or her own personal recollection of an event. Some contest that suggestion is a subset of misattribution, but this is not this case. Misattribution can occur without the presence of overt suggestion; this is not the case for suggestion. This finding places suggestion and its effects in a distinct class of its own. While the power of suggestion can be hard to…