Memory processes

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…

The idea that synaptic modifications in the brain underlie learning and memory was first hypothesized by Donald Hebb in his pivotal work The Organization of Behaviour: A Neuropsychological Theory (Hebb, 1949). Since then, the theory has gained strong support from various lines of research where the discovery of synaptic long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD) within the mammalian hippocampus present the strongest line of evidence (Howland and Wang, 2008). These phenomena have…

The mechanism of forming FBMs is no different to the production of everyday autobiographic recollections. A study undertaken by Otani et al. (2005), investigated the creation of FBMs and how they are processed by memory. The aim of the study was to discover if people that lived nearby the nuclear accident site of Japan in 1999 developed FBMs. Participants were asked a questionnaire, once approximately three weeks after the accident and again one year after and were requested to recall the…

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…

of Childhood Memories of Love First paragraph Memory is omnipresent. Memory is our ability to retain, retrieve, and used information from our past experiences that affect our present behavior. The steps of memorizing a past event are to encode then store. After encoding and storing, we recall these past experiences. One essential type of memory that helps us remember life events is the autobiographical memory. An essential subpart of the autobiographical memory is the emotional memory. Amygdala…

underlying learning and memory. Induction of LTP occurs concomitantly with learning in the hippocampus of freely-moving animals and is known to prevent occludes subsequent electrical induction of LTP in the hippocampus (Whitlock et al., 2006). Conversely, saturation of hippocampal LTP is also known to interfere with spatial memory formation (Barnes et al., 1994). A recent study has demonstrated that in vivo artificial induction of LTD impaired recall of associative memory, which was restored by…

Introduction Development can be described as growth or change over time. Child development is a field that studies how biological predispositions, environment, and other factors affect children over the lifespan. A child 's development is often thought to begin at birth; however, while the child is still in the womb, there are months of development occurring. Parents are the primary influences over the life of a child and subsequently impact the child 's development. Moreover, events or…

person has experienced some degree of brief memory failure in their lifetime. Being quite an inconvenience, memory failure can span from a few seconds to multiple years. Memory is a key component of everyday life and would be near impossible to live without. Unfortunately, many problems can interfere with even the sharpest of memories. There are many potential consequences of memory failure that can affect not only ourselves, but others as well. The human memory has no limited capacity; how does…

transporting us back to a particular experience, memory, or era without that being its intended purpose. The documentary, Alive Inside, provided a look into how the brain’s reaction to music for nursing home residents with dementia provided an alternative therapy by allowing them to temporarily regain the memories and movement of their younger years. At the suggestion of Dan Cohen, social worker, nursing home volunteer and non-profit organizer of Music & Memory, the film’s director followed him…

levels of processing model that focuses on the processes included with memory rather than short-term memory and long-term memory, and this model was used in a memory experiment. Questions in this experiment were answered with a “yes” or “no” about visual, linguistic, or grammatical features of a word connected with all questions. Instantly after answering the questions, subjects were asked to memorize as many of the connected words as probable. Memory was highest for questions that needed a more…