Memory disorders

Memories in the brain are at times recycled from episodic to semantic memories. This transfer makes a memory general knowledge to the individual. That creates more room for new memories. The problem with this system is that a new memory is encoded into an old memory. Both memories may have many similarities, but can have different core context. For example, an individual studies months on a specific question that asks the individual to name four characteristics to a mental disorder, after…

How Hollywood Forgets the Real Facts About Memory Loss While the most intense amnesia syndromes are normally triggered by neurosurgery, brain infection, or a stroke (Baxendale, 2004), amnesia caused by traumatic brain injuries and psychological stress seem to occur more often in Hollywood cinema. Through the protagonists of The Bourne Series and Anastasia, Hollywood follows the aftermath of traumatic incidences which cause both individuals to develop retrograde amnesia and lose their identity.…

INTRODUCTION “Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, and the things you never want to lose." (Arnold, n.d.) Memories are the things we uphold. Whether they are good or bad, those memories are engraved in us and can't be stolen from us. However, what if as time goes by, and we age, those memories start to fade or are forgotten? Losing your language skills, ability to recognize a familiar face and feel a sense of depression. Alzheimer's disease is one of the…

factors such as the quality of writing, acting or actors, the film quality, or the way we are entertained by it. In many movies are disabilities and disorders we can see in psychology that are portrayed in different ways, and it is important we call attention to these movies and critique them through a scientific lens. In many cases a psychological disorder will be portrayed in such a negative and wrong way that it will change the public’s idea on it. This is why it is important to take a step…

The processes involved in emotion regulation and working memory have recently been explored. Although there is extensive research on emotion regulation and working memory, few studies have examined the relationship. Emotion regulation is based on several factors, such as valence bias, the tendency to perceive information as negative or positive, and trait-like factors. Despite consistent latency for valence bias, studies have considered the role of reaction time for categorizing valences of…

the Hippocampus is directly responsible for the inability to store new memories. Researchers have conducted various tests to visualize the relationship between the size of the hippocampus and verbal memory. The results indicate “measure of nonverbal memory was most closely related to hippocampal size among the larger sample” (biomedcentral,1). This can indicate a decline in facial expressions and body language. Normal memory loss compared to dementia is commonly difficult to differentiate.…

The memory works in a process of three stages- encoding, storage and retrieval. This enables humans to learn new material, store the material and then retrieve and extract it at a later date when necessary (Eysenck & Keane, 2010). However, many psychologists have researched the effect of emotion on these stages of memory processing. Many have been interested in the idea of emotion affecting the ability to accurately retrieve past events due to many alternating factors. Some argue that matching…

the volunteer to act like a duck. The volunteer had no idea why they were doing this, and I found it to be quite funny. After reading the chapter I found that hypnosis can be a powerful tool in psychology. It could benefit one’s physical abilities, memory, help with amnesia, pain relief, and with sensory changes. The problem with this is that not everyone is susceptible to hypnosis. “About 75 percent of people can be hypnotized, but only 40 percent will be good hypnotic participants” (Coon &…

especially working memory. Many college students read, do homework or prepare for exams while listening to music. Background music is an important environmental factor in our learning context that may have impact on our attention span and later recall of information. However, whether background music serves as a distractor or enhancer on memory remain an open question. Some studies suggest that long-term music training positively related to improvements in working memory. For example,…

Cognitive psychology is a branch of psychology with mental processes such as perception, thinking, learning, and memory. The first recognition of the field of cognitive psychology was George Mandler, in 1964 upon creating a facility known as the Center for Human Information Processing (Kiderra, 2016). The “cognitive revolution” fifty years ago sparked new ideas about the way people thought about the mind. Without cognitive psychology, psychologists would still believe the brain was a random mass…