Semantic memory

themselves from external threats. However, letter search task these results were not significant. This is in contrast with Maxfield (1997) which suggests that priming effect should be partially diminished in the lettersearch task. This is due to lack of semantic activation as it is not necessary to know the meaning of the word to perform the lettersearch task (Maxfield, 1997). The reason the result of this study were not significant in relation to priming effect between the meaning judgment task…

Early stages of dementia communication skills can have the person taking their time in understanding and replying whilst in the latter stages this level of communication diminishes. Common forms of communication problems are: 1. Dysphasia – receptive where there is no understanding of words or expressive where there is no speech. (Tip: get client to use yes/no responses) 2. Repetition – sign of distress or a way of self-comforting. (Tip: observe body language as an indicator) 3. Slowness –…

Three researcher identified 3,105 peer reviewed articles through database search. We narrowed and assessed 15 articles out of those 3,105 to address the research questions presented in this systematic review. The primary exclusion criteria articles published after 1990. Table 1 summarizes the study characteristics. Anderson, Damasio, Kilma, Bellugi & Brandt (1991) observed three patients with aphasia who were taught how to fingerspell. Out of all of the patients, two patients were able to…

To the average adult, seven hours of sleep is enough to rest the mind and the body, however throughout the day many people choose to take naps. Sleep enhances subject’s memory of specific activities that occurred throughout the day. Lau (2011) conducted a study where the importance of taking a nap was assessed. He hypothesized that the participants who napped performed better than those who did not. I agree with Lau’s hypothesis because without sleep, the mind is distracted from daily learning…

lyrics and a catchy tune. Music requires much thought and effort in order to create a successful sound. Learning music requires an abundance of memory and patience. But how is our mind supposed to remember certain musical terms and characteristics? When dealing with memory, our brains work almost similar to a computer. Our brains store multiple memories from years before, weeks before and even days before. Mnemonic devices are tricks that allow our brain to encode and recall important…

In my Senior Project I am writing and informing people on sleep and how it can affect people's everyday life. Some additional background on paper from the help of Mr Genaro he is the AP Psychology teacher and in his class he studies the mind and how it works and he also studies human behavior and how we act around other people in different environments etc. I asked him a question on how the brain acts when we are asleep and he says that when we are asleep the mind is dreaming and we go through…

area of the human test subjects brain’s can enhance working memory, more specifically memory retrieval. tDCS has become a popular technology due to the affordability of the equipment involved. tCDS is a fairly new technology and with that comes unkown, not yet discovered, aspects of the technology. The first and most notable unknown is the long term effects linked to the use of tCDS. The second aspect is whether the alterations to memory function are temporary or permanent. The primary reason…

called “Elizabeth Loftus: How reliable is your memory? (2003).” Loftus is a psychologist who studies memories. She studies false memories and false memory is when a person is very susceptible to a suggestion which can create a memory of events that never really happened. I think most people can relate to having a false memory, I know I can but, Loftus goes more in-depth with her findings on false memory and shows you just how detrimental your memory is. Loftus worked on a case for a man named…

looking to assess and understand the place memory mechanism present in the Drosophila. To do this, they used the operant conditioning paradigm, in a heat box. Previous research has found that the Rutabaga type 1 adenyl cyclase, latheo Orc 3, small GTPase and the Dopamine Ecdysone receptor (DopEcR) are important in the retention of memory. Ostrowski et al. (2015) wanted to find the exact function and time of action for each of these elements in place memory retention. Additionally, they looked…

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…