Semantic similarity

memories that can describe our past. Autobiographical memory includes both episodic and semantic memory. For example, we can remember hiking in the Smokey mountains, seeing all the trees and remembering some of the conversations we had with friends (episodic memory) ; It might also include how you traveled to the Smokey mountains (by plane or car) or a list of your hiking gear and the time of day you hiked (semantic memory). Our memories are the most accurate and vivid when remembering major…

Throughout the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) section of our course, we learned that confabulation, the generation of false memories pronounced with strong feelings of rightness without the intention to deceive, is a symptom that can occur post brain injury. Confabulation as a symptom of brain injury has become a fascinating aspect to me in a couple different ways. For one, confabulation is different than lying in that the individual believes to the full extent that what they are saying is true,…

time. There are four different types of long-term memory. These four types of memory are called procedural, emotional, episodic, and semantic memory. The memories created in these areas are very important for many different reasons. These details can define who we are and what we do based on past experiences. One area of long-term memory is called semantic memory. Semantic memory is a memory of raw data and information, such as remembering dates, mathematical formulas, addresses, the names of…

William Shakespeare is history’s most greatest, influential, and philosophical playwright. His most acclaimed work, Hamlet, is extensively studied and analyzed as it confronts and speaks openly about many moral, ethical, emotional truths and dilemmas. Hamlet is a revenge tragedy, in which the indecisive and contemplative protagonist is driven to avenge his father’s death, yet the act of his revenge is necessarily delayed in order to highlight Hamlet’s emotional and psychological complexity. The…

and her parents were in the living room and her parents were sort of upset, she would think about her and her dad paying hockey. Whenever the people send up the gum commercial song to headquarters, Riley remembers the words. This is an example of Semantic memory. Explicit memory is when you are using your long term memory. When Riley remembers her first goal is a long term memory, and she keeps remembering it because the more she plays hockey the more she thinks about it. Riley learned how to…

Human memory has different categories including episodic memory (responsible for recalling events), semantic memory (responsible for recalling everyday stuff) and procedural (memory for human processes), (Tulving, 1972). As psychology has developed other aspects of the world such as law have also developed with the help of psychological research; highlighting different concepts, for instance how episodic memory may impact the reliability of eyewitness testimonies (EWT). The aims of this essay…

subdivisions of information. One subdivision is declarative memory, which contains facts. For example, I know by heart that my favorite painter, Vincent Van Gogh, created almost 900 painting in his lifetime. Another subdivision is semantic memory which holds general information. Semantic memory lets me remember that gravity keeps us on the ground. Episodic memory covers personal memories. Using this section of memory, I can recall the first band I saw perform live in-concert, which was Death Cab…

Before we talk about measurement scales and why they matter we should first explain what they are. A compound measure allows us to measure different aspects of a topic people would find complex. This topic could range from stem cell research to abortion to gun control. The good thing about compound measures is they have a general reliability to them. What I mean is, if an error is made it often does not make the whole measurement go wrong. Compound measures should have several different…

An average person can remember things that happen in their lives whether it be for a short time, or a long time. There are many factors involving the memory of the brain such as sleep. The human brain is a unique and amazing place where one can store things about their life. Some would say, that the human memory is like a huge library of moments stored throughout our brains. In my opinion, this is a great process is that if we are experiencing something new in our life, we can go and look up a…

The semantic memory refers to the area in the brain that allows one to be able to process ideas and concepts that are not typically associated with personal experiences. Semantic memory includes general knowledge, such as colors, sounds of letters and other common facts obtained over the span of the person’s life. For instance, semantic memory allows a person to store and retrieve information about what a cat is or to name an object when asked. Sentence Verification is an example of semantic…