Short-term memory

Suppressing bad memories from the past can block memory formation in the here and now, research suggests. The study could help to explain why those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other psychological conditions often experience difficulty in remembering recent events, scientists say. Writing in Nature Communications, the authors describe how trying to forget past incidents by suppressing our recollections can create a “virtual lesion” in the brain that casts an…

In order to understand the impact of a traumatic memory from the past on the present we must first understand what memory is. The act of remembering is something we begin to do subconsciously, it is an innate evolutionary feature adapted for survival. Memory is the mental faculty of retaining and recalling past experiences and we use it in our daily lives without realising.Fundamentally, memory represents a change in who we are. Our habits, our ideologies, our hopes and fears are all influenced…

It was identified through the study of autobiographical memory and the subsequent plotting of the age of encoding of memories to form the lifespan retrieval curve. This literature review attempts to focus on both the methodology that has been used to study autobiographical memory and the reminiscence bump, as well as various factors that have been found to influence it. Researchers focusing on the reminiscence bump in autobiographical memory have developed varying methodology that investigates…

1. Compare and contrast working and reference memory. The difference between these two types of memory are the "retention"(p.311) period necessary to the situation. Working memory is a temporary retention, meaning that that information is only stored long enough to complete a task before being soon discarded. However, pieces of information can be moved from working to reference memory, also known as long-term memory. Reference memory uses background information to succesfully use incoming and…

Memory is the ability to recall something after it has happened. There are three stages that are gone through to make a memory: the encoding, storage, and retrieval. The encoding is the initial learning or experience of an event. Storage is just the holding of information until the retrieval which is when you access the information. If there is a mishap between these stages, then the memory will be loss. These stages are vital to the making of a memory, and help filter the important information…

The information stored in the long term memory can take many forms. However, most long- term memory can be categorized into one of the several types: episodic, semantic, procedural and emotional memories Episodic memories are memories of specific event that happen to you, and can be easily told to another person. Usually these memories come from personal experience. Episodic memories can be compared to a diary that let you go back in time and let you retrieve a personal…

Memory is a very complicated aspect to cognition. There are three types of memory sensory memory, short-term (working) memory, and long-term memory. A significant amount of research has been done each of the types of memory. Long-term memory has been divided into two types of long-term memory; declarative (explicit) memory and nondeclarative (implicit) memory. Declarative or explicit memory includes semantic and episodic memory; these are the memories you know you have and are consciously…

Amnesia A slideshow of familiar faces and people; every frame associated with a particular smell, taste, emotion, or feeling. Our memories are foundational to each of our personalities and influence nearly every decision that is made throughout our days. A network of associates weigh the possible benefits and repercussions of every decision that could influence you in the future at supersonic speed, based on previous experience and recollection. So, how would someone without access to their own…

In addition, we will examine whether lack of perceptual cues in the environment affects recall. Therefore, this study intends to look at the importance of contextual cues in memory recall and aims to further examine the findings of Godden and Baddeley by asking a group of 75 adult participants to memorise a group of random words in one of three…

The participants will be asked to stand while studying the words on the projector screen. Participants will be asked to study the words on the screen for a recall memory test. The words would appear for 6 seconds on the screen followed by a prompt for the participant to write down their judgment of learning. After recording their judgment of learning, participants will press a button signaling for the next word. After…