Explicit memory

pose a threat to the recall of a person’s original memory. The discrepancies between original memories and later recalled memories—sometimes referred to as errors of commission, may be the result of a variety of psychological phenomena. Past research points to the possibility that these discrepancies may be caused by cognitive errors known as memory impairment, misinformation acceptance, misinformation interference, or the idea that the original memory was never encoded, and thus cannot be recalled.

When we are asked to recall items from a given list, we are able to do it without any problems. However, if we hear any sort of unrelated irrelevant speech, we are bound to mess up while recalling. According to Elliot (2002), “The irrelevant-speech effect refers to the finding of impaired recall performance in the presence of irrelevant auditory stimuli” (p. 478). When asked to recall, if one is exposed to unrelated auditory information, their recalling will not be as accurate. Taking this further

(LDI) and a recognition recollection score. The LDI tries to record hippocampal function by judging how well participants can cast-off very similar lure items without viewing these items as old; demonstrating the preservation of distinctive, detailed memories and a lack of interference. The LDI is calculated as the probability of (correctly) calling a lure object similar minus the probability of (incorrectly) calling a foil object similar. The second measure of the MST is a regular recognition recollection

Autobiographical future thinking and autobiographical memory Much research has been done on the default mode network, a set of various brain regions commonly active when individuals think for themselves undisturbed. This network has been associated with past recall, navigation, considering alternative perspectives and imagining future events (Buckner & Carroll, 2007). Research examining remembering the past and imagining the future have shown there to extensive neural overlap when these processes

received much criticism and praise after boldly questioning the ideas of psychology’s greats, Sigmund Freud and Plato. She believed memory is extremely unreliable as one can construct memories based on what has been suggested and based on what one’s imagination could do to fill in the missing links of a memory. She decided to run many experiments to prove that memories are fiction and not facts. She started simple with stop signs, beards, barns, and knives. She once asked “Wasn’t that traffic signal

It is a common misconception that the human memory is accurate and reliable (Poston, 2014). For example, the supposition that memory is mostly dependable forms a major part of the legal system. Judges, attorneys and juries are inclined to trust the testimony of a confident eyewitness (Van Wallendael et al., 2007) and confessions are considered among the most compelling forms of evidence (e.g., Cutler, 2012; Kassin, Bogart, & Kerner, 2012). However, 30 years of ground-breaking work by Elizabeth Loftus

been conducted to study more in depth this effect. This condition is referred to as false memories and it is said that it occurs when people in general have to do more than one task at the same time. For this purpose, there is a method used in research called recognition test; it is used to confirm that subjects (individuals) on the divided attention section of the experiment are prone to have false memories compared to the subjects on the undivided attention section of the experiment. A recognition

the new concept of a "Mandela Effect" have popped up in the media. Mandela Effects are described as collective false memories, usually of common brand names and logos. Some common Mandela Effects are Looney Tunes, Oscar Mayer, and Froot Loops. These false memories affect us very strongly because we spend months, even years thinking something is one way and when it turns out our memory is wrong, it can rock us. But why does this happen? Why do we all remember the same wrong information? First we should

Monkey See; Monkey Do We collect memories everywhere we go; walking in a crowded street, attending a concert, and even spending time in a library. Our experiences transform us every day, from reading something powerful to the traumatic situations which deeply shape us. Our choices have consequences and affect others around as well. Venturing back to middle school, as scary as that seems, we find that our most altered memories are housed there. For one assignment we were to write a biography over

Elderly people, male and female, all tend to lose their memories at one point or another. Whether they have a terminal illness or are just losing their memories because of age, the memories they lose tend to be the happiest or most important memories they had created. For instance, people who are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease lose memories of their children’s childhood, or even sometimes their names. They forget what they themselves used to be like, including what their favorite place was to