Memory disorders

malleability of memory is an enigma. While it can be unpredictable at times, we can manipulate our brains to extract memories. In court cases, however, extracting memories becomes problematic and challenging. In the podcast Serial, that was based on a murder that happened several years ago, inconsistencies hinder the strive for truth. While Jay claims that Adnan killed a girl called Hae, problems with memory cause discrepancies in the detectives’ findings. Within this, how does the study of…

What to a human is a memory? If you asked someone what a memory is to them, you may get different responses out of each person that you ask. For the person whose childhood was fulfilling, a memory is going to the park and reminiscing on one’s past. However, for the person whose childhood was nothing but torture and despair, a memory to this person may be remembering their high school experience and how they were bullied every day. No matter how we look at it, a memory is a memory, whether good…

Memories can help one go back into the past, maybe as a child, a rebellious teenager, or as a maturing adult. The two texts “Once More to the Lake” by E.B. White, and “Forgetfulness” by Billy Collins explores this topic in their writing, developing a common theme that memories are an important part of every person. For instance, Collins writes about how people tend to forget many memories over time without realizing it, such as books they had once read, or math that they haven’t used in a while.…

Alexis Fry Dr. Larson October 23rd, 2017 Does Color affect Memory? We correlate color with emotions in our everyday lives. We see red and think bad such as a grade on a test, we see yellow and think caution, blue could be interpreted as sad or calming, green is happy, black is neutral, and so on. While color can evoke an emotional response, can it affect memory? This is what I have decided to further research for my independent study. I hypothesize that when administered a list of items and…

Memories have a major influence on everyone. They can define who someone is, alter memories, or be good/bad things that are remembered. In the memory play, The Glass Menagerie, the character’s memories are either inaccurate or altered because something was too painful so it needed to be blocked out which could cause new memories to form. A memory can be affected by emotion, which causes people to forget or exclude some parts of a memory. A question that is constantly asked is “Can emotion…

Many people believe that their memory is infallible, that the way they remember an event is exactly as it happened. In truth, memory is flexible and can be influenced by a variety of factors such as use of language – for example, in the use of leading questions -, emotions and mental illness. This means that what a person believes to be true may not be true at all, and could in fact be a reconstruction based on their brains attempts to make sense of a scene that it does not understand. Due to…

Amnesia A slideshow of familiar faces and people; every frame associated with a particular smell, taste, emotion, or feeling. Our memories are foundational to each of our personalities and influence nearly every decision that is made throughout our days. A network of associates weigh the possible benefits and repercussions of every decision that could influence you in the future at supersonic speed, based on previous experience and recollection. So, how would someone without access to their own…

As explained in Loftus’s book The Myth of Repressed Memories: False Memories and Allegations of Sexual Abuse, repressed memory is a memory that has been unconsciously blocked or “repressed” due to the memory being associated with a high level of trauma (Loftus 37). Patients would often go to therapy for an ailment such as depression or an eating disorder and leave with horrible memories of sexual abuse or bizarre satanic rituals. These memories are recovered during therapy using hypnosis, dream…

to properly manage the disease, people with HIV need prospective memory. Prospective memory is the ability for a person to remember what tasks need to be completed in the future, including taking medications on time and going to doctor appointments. The two main types of cues for prospective memory are time-based cues that…

As people age, some memory loss is normal. Almost everyone will forget where they put their keys, but if a loved one forgets what a key is, or how to use it, the problem is much more severe. The brain is the most complex organ in the human body, and memory is one of the brain’s most complex functions. Memory allows humans to recall a wide range of experiences and information, including names, visual impressions, language, sounds, flavors and so on. The brain integrates these experiences, along…