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3 days ago · Memory is the encoding, storage, and retrieval in the human mind of past experiences. The basic pattern of remembering involves attention to an event followed by representation of that event in the brain.
3 days ago · Memory - Cognitive Process, Short-Term Storage, Retrieval: Some aspects of memory can be likened to a system for storing and efficiently retrieving information. One system in particular—identified as “working memory” by the British psychologist Alan Baddeley—is essential for problem solving or the execution of complex cognitive tasks.
2 days ago · Diseases like Alzheimer’s rob memory, creating a barrier between the present and the past. Some phenomena, such as aphantasia, which is a blind mind’s eye, can make a situation complicated and impede creative activities and the ability to solve problems. Whatever the trigger is, it is always possible to design a brain strategy that entails ...
3 days ago · Culture plays a crucial role in all of these mnemonic activities. Memories come into being and take form through both a set of internalized cultural conventions, specific to the society in question, as well as a particular setting therein (e.g., therapy, court of law or church). Furthermore, culture has arguably shaped how memory is understood ...
4 days ago · Explaining the science behind memory and memory loss—including why forgetting is a crucial property of memory, as well as strategies that help people remember better—is the subject of a new book co-authored by Professor and Chair of Psychology and Neuroscience Elizabeth A. Kensinger.
3 days ago · These three phases are known as acquisition, storage, and retrieval. Relatively little is known about the factors influencing the storage of memory over time, but a good deal is understood about the mechanisms by which memories are acquired and successfully retrieved.
5 days ago · Metacognitive awareness of memory distortion during recall. When we recall a past event, we reconstruct the event based on a combination of episodic details and semantic knowledge (e.g., prototypes). Though prototypes can impair the veracity of recall, it remains unclear whether we are metacognitively aware of the distortions they introduce.
