Short-term memory

using diagrams a lot. When I am taking my notes, highlighting key terms is helpful and also writing certain terms or steps in the processes in different colors helps too. In anatomy, I love drawing diagrams and coordinating the colors to go along with the steps because it helps me remember the order and also which step goes with a specific part of the diagram. Reading my notes and making lists have been substantially helpful to learn terms and ideas but it’s usually not my first choice of…

The Memory capacity demo was a great example of how memory capacities differ in different people. I found this out when I was doing the different demos. I even had someone I know try it, and he did better than me, which means he has a higher memory capacity. In the experiment you are given choices to listen to visual digits from 0 to 9, shapes and answers to sample math. It was easier to remember the digits for me then the shapers or answer to the simple math. The start level, sound, and rate…

The purpose behind this experiment is to see the Irrelevant Speech effect and its impairment on your ability to retain memories of a task due to an irrelevant background noise or speech. The question being posed here here is does a change in language cause an impairment on your ability to retain memories? The study went about solving this by conducting a test on a college cognitive psychology class using an application based off of ISE. The conclusion to this study was that the class supported…

Memory is a subject that has been widely researched in recent years; from techniques to aid our memory to the widely debated ‘definition’ of memory itself. However, although we all struggle to remember a lot of things, it has become clear that food (and confectionery in particular) always brings back strong, detailed memories in participants. The reason behind this is something that has not yet been widely researched; although there are some texts available on the effects of the visual and…

Wegner (1986), transactive memory indicates the provision that “one person has access to information in another’s memory by virtue of knowing that the other person is a location for an item with a certain label.” Thus, people would improve their own memory when they are communicating. Therefore, transactive memory, as it relates to teamwork, assists each person when they are trying to find information from other members of the team by way of communication. A transactive memory system (TMS) has…

Our memories is what makes us, us. It is what we use to study, read, visualize or even listen. Our brain uses our memories for encoding, storing in short and long term memory boxes and retrieving from them when we need them. There are two parts of encoding, automatic processing and effortful processing. Let’s talk about automatic processing. Automatic processing processes the large amounts of info about space, time, frequency and even well-learned information. These four things are the big…

As people age, some memory loss is normal. Almost everyone will forget where they put their keys, but if a loved one forgets what a key is, or how to use it, the problem is much more severe. The brain is the most complex organ in the human body, and memory is one of the brain’s most complex functions. Memory allows humans to recall a wide range of experiences and information, including names, visual impressions, language, sounds, flavors and so on. The brain integrates these experiences, along…

Memory is an extremely important element in shaping our intellect. Technology should not be relied upon to replace memory. At any point, technology can crash, or information can be inaccurate, so it should not be depended on to give answers and information. Memorization and research are better means to building our intellect. Technology can sometimes be a distraction from communication, learning and gaining intellect. Many would rather use technology to store the information we need in place…

in Working Memory Assessment”, by Hilbert, Sven, Tristan T. Nakagawa, Patricia Puci, Alexandra Zech, and Markus Buhner, aims at investigating the differences in performance between visualizers and verbalizers cognitive strategies by using digit span backwards. The digit span backwards has been used for many decades to assess the working memory capacity. The concept of working memory initiates the way we are able to memorize certain tasks and how we manipulate information into our memory. By…

theory argues that deep processing leads to better long term memory than shallow processing. Shallow processing takes two forms and they are structural and phonemic processing. Structural processing focuses more on how the letters look or the typeface of a word. Phonemic focuses more on how the word sounds. In all shallow processing is just when we hear something repeatedly and the repetition helps the brain hold onto the memory for short term. Deep processing involves…