Episodic memory

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 are to explain The schema theory and weapon focus as well as other factors that may affect EWT, like language effect on recall and anxiety. A schema is a mental portrayal of something, or the way one eventually understands something. The Schemas theory…

As it is explained above, any kind of modality can affect memory either in a good or bad way, and it has established that when the correct modality is obtained from an accurate source, it has been more positive going waveform than when items determined as new (Rugg and Wilding, 1996). Moreover, different modalities can create the problem to a person and make confusion which sources are experienced. Contrary to the information described above about sensory memory, Kayser, et al. (2007) claim that…

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…

I completely agree with the evolutionary view Klein et al. suggested, that the function of episodic memory is providing information storages of counter-examples of semantic summary, to achieve adaptive decision rules that guide organism’s behaviors. However, contrary to this argument, I really could not find out any specific episodic memories correspond with this claim. I found most of my episodic memories now I can remember are about non-social, non-human related ones, contrary to evidence…

There have been many questions on whether or not episodic memory declines are paralleled by SWS declines as age increases. In the article, "Sleep, Memory, and Aging: The Link Between Slow-Wave Sleep and Episodic Memory Changes From Younger to Older Adults," Michael K. Scullin studies SWS-dependent episodic memory consolidation in younger and older adults. A lot of studies have been conducted on this before. For example, one study was done on older rats, who were used for the Morris Water Maze.…

Normal memory changes include mild changes in a person’s episodic memory. Episodic memory are memories that you are able to remember from a specific point in time. Since you would have to remember an event from the past specifically, it is normal for an older adult to forget. These could be dates of a child’s graduation or the day you gave birth. My mom is only 60 and she has 4 children so it is hard for her to remember the exact day of our birthdays. Abnormal memory changes occur when these…

experiences? A recent study shows that dogs have better memories than you might’ve thought before. This was done to see if dogs have episodic memory, the memory of experiences, like humans do. This study is based off of the fact that certain animals, like birds, can remember where they stashed their food in order to survive. This is called episodic-like memory, which is similar to regular episodic memory. These animals only remembered what they needed to, and only for a certain amount of time.…

For several years the frontal lobes, known to play a role in higher-order cognitive functioning, have been thought to contribute to episodic memory (EM) – a contribution in which researchers have recently made efforts to delineate. Here I will evaluate the notion that frontal lobes contribute to EM, and suggest reasons as to how it might do this. Lesion studies We can look at lesion studies to assess the contribution of the frontal lobes to EM. Unlike cued-recall and recognition tasks (which…

1) Describe one mnemonic device and give an example of how it might be used. The method of Loci is when you use images to help recall information from memory. This method uses location and landmarks to be able to recall certain things. For example I use this when needing to remember where certain things are. I visualize a house and if I need to remember where my keys are, I remember everything that I may touch on my daily routine. So I imagine my house and each room and the locations that I…

Memory The movie Inside Out touches on many parts of psychology and different types of memory. Lots of senses during Inside Out show characteristics and demonstrates how a person’s memory works. Short term memory is “memory that holds information briefly before it is either stored in long term memory or be forgotten. (Rathus,2010) When you remember something for a short amount of time it is called iconic memory. In the move Inside Out when Riley is little she had an imaginary friend named…