Semantic memory

This sleep deprivation study titled Maternal sleep deprivation at different stages of pregnancy impairs the emotional and cognitive functions, and suppresses hippocampal long-term potentiation in the offspring rats was conducted by six researchers known as Peng, Y., Wang, W., Tan, T., He, W., Dong, Z., Wang, Y., & Han H. They proceeded with this study by obtaining male and female Sprague–Dawley rats from Chongqing Medical University Animal Care Centre. Next, they took these rats to the…

How To Avoid An All-Nighter “Don 't you hate when your hand falls asleep and you know it will be up all night” by Steven Wright. We all have pulled an all-nighter; Us college students, Professors, people who works and have paper work to do, people who are fixing something, people who has a career, etc. What are the reasons? Sometimes it’s just us when were lazy or got a lot of stuff to do or for college students, work is on the way. Unfortunately this will happen to every person once or multiple…

Learning and memory are the most important component of cognition. Learning is the process acquiring knowledge and skills. Memory is the retention or storage of the knowledge. Most individuals that have memory lapse or not suffering from Alzheimer’s or any other disease (Mastin 2010). This is just a normal part of aging that have minimal effect on functioning…

himself for Ted Lavender’s death. Although O’Brien presents these deaths as facts, the Cracked Podcast suggests that memories are not as exact as previously thought. In Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, the narrator retells deaths that became life-changing moments for him, because memories can easily be manipulated, the reader must decide what is true and what is a false memory. Since the narrator was traumatized by Lemon’s unexpected death, he retells the story, which leads…

Alzheimer 's disease has taught me the importance of holding on to memories. In Theory of Knowledge class, I learned about memory as a way of knowing. Memories are vital in knowledge of the recent past. In my experience with my great grandmother’s term with Alzheimer’s, I have held on to many memories that she can no longer share. Even so, these memories will never be forgotten because I will keep them alive. This is because memories need to be passed on to further generations. Going to my…

O’Brien says that since her death, he has frequently imagined that Linda was alive again. Even though the girl is dead, O’Brien assures that he will never forget her, and she is still living out his memories in his mind. As a portrayal of this belief, his memory representation of Linda told him, “Once you’re alive, you can’t ever be dead (231).” By O’Brien’s remembrance of her, she is brought back to life in his mind. He may not remember exactly how Linda looked when she was nine…

Is the glass half full or half empty? Was half empty to start with, or is it possible that humanity’s virtues somehow evaporated over time? If so, how? Jonathan Swift poses these philosophical questions in his satirical novel Gulliver’s Travels by journaling the adventures of Lemuel Gulliver on his voyages to bizarre and magical islands. Each represents an extreme path mankind could have taken or may take in the future, its consequences, and the observations of a modern observer. His allegory of…

The way this condition is described throughout the movie is depicted accurately. This type of condition has to do with the ability of not being able to create new memories of facts and events. Often, this is also referred to as declarative memory. Declarative memory be correlated with not being able to recall or properly process what happened to someone on the previous day, the name of someone they have met, or the place in which they THE STORY BEHIND AMNESIA…

Mistaken behavior is errors in judgement and actions made in the process of learning life skills. Many times we confuse mistaken behavior with misbehavior but it’s quite different. According to Sarah Smith misbehavior implies that it was intentionally, while mistaken behavior implies that it was unintentional. It is easy to say a child is misbehaving by his wrongdoing but we don't think about the cause of his actions. Sometimes children make mistakes like we do but, it is important that we take…

Criticisms and Current Uses of the Rorschach Test The Rorschach Inkblot test is a psychological test that is used to determine certain mental disorders and hidden personalities. The inkblot test can provide some very innovative insights into someone’s unconscious, including hidden personalities and feeling. But it is frequently questioned for it’s validity and reliability. The Rorschach Inkblot test is highly controversial for many reasons but is still widely used today. Before someone…