Memory disorders

As a measure of current general intellectual functioning, the KBIT-2 was administered and yielded a Verbal Score = 86±5; a Nonverbal Score = 55±5; and an IQ Composite Score = 66±4. The composite score falls within the very low or borderline educational classification at the 01st percentile rank per national age based norms and needs to be viewed with caution. Due to Hunter’s struggles with focus and difficulty attending to auditory instruction, his nonverbal score is felt to be an under…

In this article by Susan Clancy, Richard McNally, Daniel Schacter, and Mark Lenzenweger. They take a look at the memory of those who have a claim to be abducted by aliens. Throughout this article the researchers wanted to test four hypotheses with regard to false recall and false recognition and produced a thesis statement that stated, "those reporting recovered and repressed memories of alien abduction were more prone than control participants to exhibit false recall and recognition. The groups…

Alzheimer’s is a condition where the brain cannot gain function and causes memory loss. Like any other disease, Alzheimer's is known as a progressive disease where dementia symptoms can worsen over a couple of years. This disease is not only for older people, but it can also happen in younger adults also. “Alzheimer’s”, by Kelly Cherry shows examples of imagery, tone, and theme to create a contrast between the man’s setting and of his memories. Firstly, the narrator in this poem pointed out…

seem to lie in how well the brain mismanages this information. In “Your Brain Lies to You,” Authors Dr. Samuel Wang and Dr. Sandra Aamodt, both established neuroscientists, use their knowledge to explain the specific ways the human brain stores memories and data. However, they also present their conclusion on how the brain can also mislead us to blindly believe information that could potentially hold no merit, without a second thought or inference. Wang and Aamodt claim that this is a result of…

that the function of episodic memory is providing information storages of counter-examples of semantic summary, to achieve adaptive decision rules that guide organism’s behaviors. However, contrary to this argument, I really could not find out any specific episodic memories correspond with this claim. I found most of my episodic memories now I can remember are about non-social, non-human related ones, contrary to evidence suggested by Klein et al. My episodic memories are mostly not about the…

commonly reported problem associated with the early onset use of marijuana, is verbal memory deficits. These deficits can last up to six weeks after an individual stops using marijuana (Schweinsburg et al., 2008). The researchers conducting this study were trying to prove a connection between learning inefficiencies, and the memory deficits due to early onset marijuana use. The researchers believe that the verbal memory deficits are due to learning inefficiencies brought on by early onset…

According to Figure 1, the tactile stimulus was the fastest reaction followed by auditory and visual. The tactile stimulus was the fastest reaction because it is the reaction in which the nerve takes the lowest amount of time since it only sends the message to the brain and then back down to your muscles. The tactile stimulus is more of a reflex, it is not like the visual stimulus where the brain has to think of the purpose before closing the hand. For both person one and two the tactile…

Introduction There has been much evidence to support the theory that the usage of schematic categorization has been correlated to greater memory recall and has been linked to the levels of processing theory. The study being replicated is Mandler and Pearlstone (1966). This study was chosen as investigates schematic processing, and the role it plays on subsequent recall. A schema is the mental representation of an object, person, events or actions developed from our past knowledge of the world;…

neurological processes of working memory (Dobozy, 2014; O’Donnell et al., 2016, p. 328). While working in education, I have been introduced to concepts related to working memory, but none have explained the process as well as Baddeley’s model of working memory. Baddeley’s model challenges previous notions that working memory flows in a single orderly manner by introducing a component of management (Mcleod, 2008). Baddeley’s model of working memory seeks to explain how memory processes are…

In week 8, Roger Kemp discusses ideas primarily based on materials and memory. In particular, Kemp touches on the notions regarding memories of places that exist only in nostalgia and memory and how the five human senses are capable of triggering certain memories through association. The discussion was also largely based on Do ho Suh as a reference of the ability to transport the 'memory' and 'ghost' of your home in times of migration and travel, which Suh achieved through a 1:1 scale fabric…