Procedural memory

In my experience, I do not think that our memory is similar to a tape recorder or a video recorder. It is hard to play a memory that is like a tape recorder or video recorder because one can forget major or minor details that might have taken place. A person cannot simply recall every small detail that already happened because you could combine memories together. When I recall a memory and I am not sure what exactly happened, I tend to ask someone who was there with me. For example, if my…

efficiency of memory usually begins to degenerate after people are over 30 years old because of the circle of brain’s cognitive performances (Svoboda, 2009). Each cognitive performance is changed with increasing age. Some cognitive performance is generated in older people, such as Semantic memory, Crystallized intelligence, and Emotional reasoning (Yue, 2013). On the other hand, older people have some degenerate cognitive performance, which are mostly related to memory, such as Recall, Episodic…

In the article “Tuition Fees and Mental Health” by Dr. William Mace, the correlation between tuition fees and anxiety or depression is discussed. Mace explains the theory many people have that the reason college students have an increasing mental health demands and American universities in due to the amount of tuition and pressure to succeed. Although, this may be correct, Mace believes otherwise. Statistical evidence has shown that there has not been an extreme increase or decrease in anxiety…

Study Response – Constructing Rich False Memories of Committing Crime 1. What did the study seek to explore? In this study, the researchers strived to determine if untrue memories could be created in participants if done in a controlled way. If the researchers were able to do so, they wished to determine how established these memories would be, and how their qualities could compare to similar emotional events and true memories. (Shaw, Porter, 2015) As well, the researchers wished to find out if…

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…

textbook explain ways which to make studying more effective surrounding the use of memory. While the article is centered mainly around how different types of students carry out their study habits, there is an explanation for the article’s statement on ‘Who studies How’ and reasoning behind the actions described in the textbook. As an individual who seeks to strengthen study abilities for and has been exposed to the way memory takes place in the human brain, I’ve found the information in both…

to just be yourself and not be doing something” (Louis C.K). When you have that alone feeling you are more capable to experience your emotions. Louis C.K mentioned how one time he was driving in the car, then suddenly a memory was activated and he felt very wretched from the memory. Louis reached for his phone but backed out and decided just to experience his emotion of sorrow. Louis defined this moment as “a beautiful thing” (Louis C.K). Emotions are very particular, they should always be…

The Gate Control and Specificity Theory were the two main descriptions relating to pain perception. Specificity was found much earlier, than Gate Control. Specificity revolves around the idea that every stimulus has a corresponding receptor. With the introduction of the cell theory, it determined that there are different sensory neurons for different stimuli. The pain fibers lead to a designated pain pathway. This was further researched and a new determination was made that the receptors must…

Jaeger, T., & Long, S. (2007). Effects Of Contour Proximity And Lightness On Delboeuf Illusions Created By Circumscribed Letters. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 105(5), 253. doi:10.2466/pms.105.5.253-260 Jaegar and Long conducted a study on how having large surrounding circles and reducing the lightness contrast of the outer ring can decrease the effects of the Delboeuf and circumscribed letters illusions. For their experiment, researchers printed out illusion figures, which had circles that had…

One can rearrange pieces of their memory, both good and bad, and make their past into what they want others to understand and believe about themselves. One can also use past memories to reflect who they are today. Patricia Hampl, an American memoirist and poet, wrote an article titled “Memory and Imagination,” in which she recalls her first piano lesson. In her recollection, she soon discovers that the way she believed things had happened and the way she explained them may not have actually…