Semantic similarity

If Jane 's language was developing normally, at nine months, she would be babbling. Her babbling would become more complex and more varied as it progresses. As her babbling progresses, instead of only uttering consonant or vowel sounds, she 'll put vowels and consonant to say "mama " or "dada," for example. As she gets even older, this string of vowel and consonant sounds will become varied in pitch (intonation). Intonation is an important characteristic of regular conversation. Because of Jane…

Memories in the brain are at times recycled from episodic to semantic memories. This transfer makes a memory general knowledge to the individual. That creates more room for new memories. The problem with this system is that a new memory is encoded into an old memory. Both memories may have many similarities, but can have different core context. For example, an individual studies months on a specific question that asks the individual to name four characteristics to a mental disorder, after…

other bunches of complex worldly knowledge. Schematic knowledge integrates previous semantic and episodic knowledge and guides future behavior. A study by Grymas and colleagues shows that when individuals anticipate a future event, they do so through previous episodic and semantic memory.…

Introduction Long-term memory (LTM) consists of two categories namely episodic memory (EM) and semantic memory (SM). SM is the general knowledge that we understand about the world around us, such as facts, beliefs or concepts, devoid of autobiographical details. Cases of organic amnesia assist us in understanding how memory functions, though it is well established that EM and SM are separate systems within LTM (Tulving, 1972). It is less well established if SM can be divided into functionally…

As a project for my Child Development class, I completed an observational child study. I chose a four year old male child of one of my co-workers, whom I had met several months prior to the study. Paxton was born on June 15, 2012 and was six weeks premature. Aside from the requirement of a feeding tube at birth, Paxton suffered no complications. At 30 pounds and 33 inches, he is in the 5th percentile in weight and the 25th percentile in height (Clinical Growth Charts, 2016). His height is…

Intro Have you ever questioned why you’re the way you are? Have you ever wondered what makes each person unique from another? Every person is different; therefore, there is an abundance of different perspectives on life, itself. After 18 years, I have found these answers through certain life experiences. Through several different stages of my life, I’ve found answers that I would have never been able to predict. Furthermore, the treacherous journey of life events, I finally have an understanding…

PET studies were done on the encoding/retrieval process of semantic/episodic memory and a unique double asymmetrical pattern was observed in the prefrontal regions (Nyberg et al., 1996). A hemispheric encoding/retrieval asymmetry (HERA) model was proposed to explain this unique pattern. This model states that the left pre-frontal cortex (PFC) is more involved in the retrieval of semantic memories and for encoding new aspects of the retrieved information into episodic memory…

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…

Unit 9 Task E Planning Evaluation (6 Marks) I believe that planning my website was essential. I used a number of formal and informal techniques. Both having advantages and disadvantages. In class, we started to use open mind map to analyse the project. A mind map is a diagrammatic representation of varied elements that relate to a particular subject. Mind maps are used for solving problems, for creating to-do-list for, promoting creative ideas, and for discussing different elements of the…

Peterson et al.’s (2010) research argued that methodology in measuring different genders can influence the amount of information participants are recalling from their earlier childhood memories. Peterson et al. (2010) argued that many of the differences that researchers observe in studies are from how females and males recall their early childhood memories, which is by the administration of a written questionnaires. Furthermore, Peterson et al. (2010 administered oral individual interviews to…