Retrograde amnesia

The Reality of Repressed Memories Elizabeth F. Loftus University of Washington Keywords; repressed memories, delayed discovery doctrine, False Memory Syndrome Foundation Abstract One of the most unforgettable concepts in the mid 80’s early 90’s would be repressed memories. Repressed memories would store disturbing events that occur in our lives, that traumatic event can resurface twenty to forty years down the road. In the early 1990’s there was a rise for repressed memory and…

Although seen as controversial, Elizabeth Loftus is a strong leader in psychology, specifically in the field of memory. Her discoveries and experiments with false memories and eyewitness testimony have made her very prominent. She has written about her research on faulty memories, explaining the impact it can have on justice and society, as well as individuals. Loftus is most interested in the implications false memories have in the justice system. There have been many wrongful convictions…

Variations of Amnesia in Crime Amnesia; partial or complete memory loss. Amnesia is witnessed in three diverse states; dissociative, organic and malingered amnesia. All of which contain a lapse in memory recollection. However, each maintains a distinctive trigger. Criminals are exploiting the inadequate constraints of dissociative and organic amnesia in an effort to malinger amnesia in criminal trials. Although there are a number of perceived reasons why a person may become amnesic, either…

Suppressed Memories May Be Implanted Memories In Remembering Childhood Trauma That Never Happened by Vance, E. (2016) a panicked neighborhood in Stuart, Florida, were dealing with what seemed to be mass hysteria. A secret cult was being run out of local Montessori preschool with details described as satanic, dark hooded figures and sexual assault of children. The evidence came a decade later from the victims themselves. They were able to retell their horrific events at the secret cult by…

This article by Smith et al., 2015, tests how pictures can have an effect on false memories especially in older adults. The researchers were interested in why pictures can decrease false memories in older adults but why visual words do not decrease false memories in older adults as they do in younger adults. In this study there were two experiments with both older and young adults. The first experiment tests whether young adults would have higher false recall being presented with sounds of words…

This paper will be looking at memories, being able to distinguish between our true or false memories in particular. We spend our entire life accumulating memories and at times make decisions based on our memories, but what if they are false? Being able to understand and identify a false memory is very important in modern society, in our justice system relies on evidence to reach a verdict, at times a witness is crucial, their memory can be the deciding factor of a case. Review of the…

“A false memory is a mental experience that is mistakenly taken to be a veridical representation of an event from one’s personal past. Memories can be false in relatively minor ways and in major ways that have profound implications for oneself and others” (Psychology of False Memories, 2001). In simpler terms, this definition means a false memory is the recollection of an event that did not actually happen. The purpose of this assignment is to show if the five subjects tested demonstrate the…

1. a. Retroactive interference occurs when more recent information gets in the way of when one is trying to recall older information. This new material interferes with remembering old information already stored in the long term memory (LTM). An example of this would be if an individual were to call his/her ex-girlfriend/boyfriend the new boyfriend/girlfriend’s name. This example shows that the recent name retroactively interferes with the previous name, which is evidently problematic for recall.…

Memories may seem unchangeable and concrete. In recent years, there has been an over-flux of research done on false memories. Humans, as imaginative as we are, frequently recall past experiences. Recent studies have established that false memories can be consequential and emotional, that they can last for long periods of time, and that they are not merely the product of demand characteristics or the recovery of extant but hidden memories. The misinformation effect is misleading information that…

What follows when you try to recall a memory? Do you look up? Close your eyes? At times not recalling it at all? All the frustration that the brain goes through to reminisce meticulously. For someone to reminisce with precision is nearly an impossible task due to the way the brain stores memories, the reconstruction of memories, and temporary and permanent disturbances. Thus, our brain functions like a puzzle, at times creating false pieces to fill in the empty spots. This action of the brain is…