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Short Term Memory In Inside Out

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The past few days learning about memory basics and memory based on emotions has been very interesting. The memory basics was a bit of a review, as I remember learning about, encoding, consolidation and retrieval from my Principles of Psychology class. That being said, it is always good to refresh one’s memory on concepts previously discussed. The movie Inside Out displays the concept of memory very well and in a way that all ages can understand. The way that Inside Out depicted short term memory and long term memory seem to be somewhat accurate. Short term memory is kept in one place, in the human brain, short term memory is stored in the hippocampus and in the movie short term memory is stored in the headquarters, where it is sent to long term memory when Rylee sleeps, this is rather similar to what actually happens in the human brain. As we sleep, our memories that have been encoded are stored into long term memory for later retrieval. Long term memory in the movie has some things that are portrayed accurately and others that are not so …show more content…

I am more familiar with physical match context than I am with emotional match context. One of my high school teachers discussed this idea with my class. She talked about the concept that if you chewed a specific flavor of gum while you were studying and then chewed the same flavor of gum while you were taking the test, you would remember the information that you studied better. I was not really sure that I bought what she was saying but now I know that it is an accurate concept, physical context match. Even though I am not as familiar with emotional context match, I can see how that could be just as powerful. It seems to be easier to remember fun, happy memories of your family when you are happy with then than it is to remember those same happy memories when you are angry with your

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