Memory

that of memory. Memory is, obviously, something we all have and it determines our connection to certain things and certain people. Our memories are what shape and sculpt our personalities, and decide how we react to certain situations. In relation to transhumanism, it is important to acknowledge the importance of memory, when talking about super memory, or the ability to alter and erase some memories, the implications are endless. With memory, comes the question, what to do with memory. In…

The Case Against Memory Memories are an indicator of what individuals believe to be the truth. While some individuals may believe that an event occurred in early childhood, there are often parents that will not recall the event at all. It’s necessary, then, to establish if there are pieces of physical evidence that can be traced back to the memory in question. Without other evidence, memories become a case of “he said, she said,” which is not an ideal way of conducting investigations, let alone…

Flashbulb memory is a detailed and vivid memory of a specific event, in most cases the event is extremely important. This type of memory allows us the remember specific events in close to full detail this causes people to feel confident when they recall a specific event. The biggest flaw with flasbulb memory is that because people tend to feel overconfident about the event they add a false detail withought realizing it this results in the flashbulb memory becoming a false memory, a memory that…

differentiating between real memories of events and memories of events that seem real, but never actually occurred. The illusory memory effects observed from work by others in the past as well as this article could possibly be significant to the recovery of memories of childhood sexual abuse. The data in this paper connects the effect’s strength, the remembrance abilities allocated to real events and imaginary events, the extent to which the subjects accept the imaginary memories as real events,…

THE cache memory is a quick and small and, in layman's terms, it is basically a middleman between the processor and main memory. Caches are used so that you do not have to go all the way back to the main memory if you do not have to. Think about it, this process is not something that is new to us. We used this exact same method in junior high and high school, comparatively lockers are main memory and cache memory is a book bag. Instead of always having to go to a locker after every class a…

believe that they have the best memory, when in fact, our memories fail us more than we’d care to admit. But over time, with more and more knowledge about what memory is and how it works, psychologists have discovered how we can improve it. But to understand how to improve our memory, we must first learn how it all works. In Laura King’s The Science of Psychology (3rd edition), memory is defined as “the retention of information or experience over time.” In memory, there are three different…

A Review of Sleep Deprivation and False Memories Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Memories Winter Everson University of the People Professor LeAnn O’Neal Berger Submissions deadline: 24, November, 2016 Abstract A research entitled Sleep Deprivation and False Memories were conducted with two experiments to discover the effects of sleep deprivation on memory. The team's hypothesis was sleep deprived individuals form false memories more than well rested people. The first experiment was…

Summary Erasing Bad Memories is an article that can be found on the American Psychological Association website. This article shows what researchers, neuroscientists and psychologists have been doing to try to understand how frightening memories are made and how they can possibly rid the mind of them. Many people suffer from anxiety. Usually, anxiety is induced by fearful memories. Even though someone may be in a safe situation, their brain brings back the memories and create it anxiety.…

working memory development and maturation in infants. Working memory allows for the temporary storage of information, but is restricted to the capacity limit of three or four items. I chose this article because it helps us to understand how “chunking” information in working memory may be available to younger preverbal infants. Hence, this article gives the world and me, a hopeful pediatrician, a better understanding of how cognitive development in infants matures and grows. Working-memory…

Susan, a 45-year-old woman, wife and mother of two has been having memory difficulties and impaired movement of the right side of her body. With no indication as to what caused these difficulties Susan may be experiencing problems with motivation, learning and different types of memory. The different types of memory Susan may be having difficulty with include long term memory (LTM), short term memory (STM) and working memory, all of which can have an impact on how therapy is conducted and how…