Episodic Memory

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Match the following characteristics to their types of memory. The answers can be used more than once.

Memories are crucial to everything we do every day. Without memories we would not know who is important to us or what we enjoy doing. We use our memories continuously, even when we do not realize that we are. In her memoir Brain on Fire, Susannah Cahalan loses much of her episodic memory from the time period in which she battled Anti-NDMA-receptor encephalitis. Because of this, she loses a portion of her identity, and struggles for a period of time while attempting to find herself again.

fMRI studies usually include a episodic memory (EM) task, because EM dysfunction is the important phenomena among the cognitive changes within a 3-year time, following a diagnosis in AD. Some of the research has illustrated that EM performance downtrend with healthy aging and is uptrend in MCI and AD. Additionally, semantic memory (SM) task have successfully foretell the cognitive downstream and have an edge over EM tasks. It has been realized that performance decline on SM tasks are less severe than EM declines in normal aging and MCI (Hodges & Patterson, 1995). The article compares these two techniques and explains which technique can help us achieve accurate results. The study involved specifically chosen 78 healthy older adults. Participants

Throughout the day, most people do not take note of the fact that everything you do in a day comes from your brain. Taking a sip from the water fountain, writing notes in class, shaking someone’s hand; all of these actions come from the most complex supercomputer in the world, your brain. Your brain never stops operating until you are ultimately dead. Even when you are asleep, your brain is still tirelessly at work.

Semantic, episodic, and procedural memory are all vital to humans, and I can’t imagine a life lived without these everyday functions. Damaging the temporal lobe and prefrontal cortex engender a loss of semantic memory. Without semantic memory I would lose my general knowledge. Basic certainties that I’ve obtained since preschool would fly out the window. A person doesn’t realize how much capacity a human brain stores, I still have multiplication tables imbedded into my mind. Imagining a life without conscious data like multiplication, the sounds of letters, and/or even the simplest information like knowing what a tree looks like, is a very scary thought to process. The concept of not being able to recognize the items and scenery around me would be the scariest task that I would lose if my semantic memory disappeared. I couldn’t even fathom a life without such simple knowledge.

On Thursday, March 2nd, 2017 our class had welcomed a guest speaker for our adulthood and aging course. Our guest speaker, Dr. Parks, had spent a considerable amount of time teaching our class about different dimensions and aspects of memory. Although, the class learned a wide array of information; Dr. Parks notable amount of our time presenting information on prospective memory. The term prospective memory can be defined as “memory to perform future actions without specific reminders.” After learning about perspective memory the class had learned additional information about two different types of perspective memory. The first type of perspective memory is event based PM (completed when a cue present); and the other is time based PM (completed at specific time).

Episodic memory has been found to be consistently impaired in AD, thus may be a reliable measure to distinguish between dementia and healthy ageing (Salmon & Bondi 2010). The RAVLT requires patients to learn a wordlist which is then recalled immediately, recalled after a delay, and lastly, a recognition test (Estévez-González et al. 2003). Although limited recall is observed in both dementia patients and healthy adults, healthy adults demonstrate significantly improved performance in the recognition test while patients with AD do not (Salmon & Bondi 2010). This can be explained by the failure to encode new information into memory in AD patients (Salmon & Bondi 2010). The RAVLT has been found to be able to distinguish between AD, MCI and

The two concepts that I resonated with are Memory and the Psychodynamic theory. Starting with the Psychodynamic theory is an approach to psychology that studies the psychological forces underlying human behavior, feelings, and emotions, and how they may relate to early childhood experience. This theory is most closely associated with the work of Sigmund Freud, and with psychoanalysis, a type of psychotherapy that attempts to explore the patient’s unconscious thoughts and emotions so that the person is better able to understand him or herself. The second one is Memory; understanding how memory works will help you improves your memory. Which is an essential key to attaining knowledge. Memory is one of the important cognitive processes. Memory involves remembering and forgetting. I chose the two concepts because throughout the class they stood out to the most. Understanding the conscious, subconscious mind and also memory. I’m interested in understanding the human behavior.

Do you remember the time you had learned to ride a bike? Do you understand how you can still ride a bike every day? The answer is called Procedural Memory. Procedural memory is a step-like process of how to do the important work that you decide every day. It is connected with long term memory and is the most basic form of memory. Procedural memory is usually part of an implicit memory. Procedural memory refers to the sensory motor skills by repeating the actions over and over. The procedural memory stores bags of information in our heads on how to perform a specific procedure and makes actions more automatic. In addition, these memory systems can function independently, so you cannot lose those memories. Many examples are playing an

I would like to write my research proposal this semester on the effects of HIV on prospective memory. I chose this topic for two reasons, one personal and one professional. First, my cousin died of AIDS in 2007. I didn’t get to know him very well and did not know that he was sick until right before he died. Even though we weren’t close, I’ve always felt a connection to him. I would like to know what his life was like as he lived with his illness and this topic would give me insight into how he lived leading up to his death. Second, I want to be a counselor for children and adolescents with chronic illnesses, HIV being one of the illnesses that I want to work with. I believe that knowing how HIV affects the prospective memory of my future patients will allow for me to help them overcome any deficiencies so that they can correctly manage their disease and excel in school despite their illness.

What did you have for breakfast today? What did you have for dinner this day a year ago? If asked these questions, most people would be able to answer the first, but have trouble answering the second accurately. Memory is not perfect, and it does not last forever. However, there are a select few individuals that have an ability to recall specific autobiographical details from across their lifetime, thus answering the second question would not be difficult at all. They are classified as having an ability called highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM). HSAM is a relatively recent discovery, so there are a lot of questions surrounding the condition. However, researchers have made progress in discovering the nature of HSAM, possible links

I have many memories, some of them good, some of them bad, and some of them I regret. Here are examples of memories in the varying categories of memories. One explicit memory is when Gavin Hood ruined Deadpool by sewing his mouth shut, and not including his costume. An example of episodic memory of mine is my first cross country race. Which was freshman year, 2014, at Seymour High School’s course, and I was the only girl on our team competing. A semantic memory that I have is of the Ramses the II, who fought during the battle of Kadesh against the Hittite army for the region between the two empires/kingdoms. An implicit memory that I have is swimming breaststroke. It is important that I have a natural rhythm to my stroke, and have the pull

Based on movie, the story itself portrays a complicated story line, which need to be more critically analyses about the way Leonard solve his problem during he is in the state of an anterograde amnesia. This movie explains the symptoms, causes and treatments accordingly. However, the storyline mention about the treatments through Leonard’s client during his working time as an insurance investigator before Leonard experience amnesia. Leonard can retrieved information before he experience the amnesia, and remember the way his clients solve the problem and use the same way to solve his problems.

“Memories are the of dreams” (Baylor and Cavallero) In a study entitled, Memory of dreams: the incorporation of autobiographical rather than episodic experiences” by the University of Bedfordshire, states that the subject you see in you dreams are based on your “waking-life” memories. (Horton p. 441) In the study, they focused on whether people with anterograde amnesia remembers information about themselves more or the events that he experienced. The study showed that episodic memories were dreamt of more. Furthermore, it also showed that the dreams we see are just a mere interpretation of real life experience. (Horton p. 444) Dreams are commonly about experiences-- the people you’ve met, the places you’ve been to, or something you’ve done.