Memory syndrome

Repressed Memories Abstract In recent years there has been a hot debate between "repressed" vs. "false" memories. Neurobiological studies show that both suppression and recall and the creation of false memories are possible. This paper evaluates the evidence but forth by both sides of the controversy and concludes that both are feasible and separate phenomenon, which occur at significant rates in our society. Further biological research on the effect of psychological trauma on the neurochemistry

Hyperthymesia, also previously known as hyperthymestic syndrome, is a condition in which an individual possesses a superior autobiographical memory, meaning he, or she, can recall all or the vast majority of personal experiences and events in their life. This term, “hyperthymesia," derives its name from the Greek words thymesis, translating to "remembering," and hyper, meaning "excessive." People with hyperthymesia can remember roughly every day of their lives in near flawless detail, as well as

Memories are creative recollections of past experiences that are unique to each individual. They define us and give us our identity. Memories are a collection of information, which at one time was new to us, and as we learned and progressed, that information became stored as memory. The main fact to memory is that practice and repetition is a key asset to making the brain encode the information as memory. When the brain encodes this information it is stored, waiting to be retrieved. When we memorize

False Memories Is it even possible at all to recover forgotten memories? In some cases damage to the frontal lobe and cause confabulation, which can cause people to create false memory. According to the film “False Memories”, it depicts mostly ways people create false memories because of the influence of outside sources. In the film these outside sources creating people to create false memories are individuals trying to unravel the forgotten memories. These different individuals use ways uncover

McDermott's false memory demonstration was discussed. I've read and experienced false memories before, but I wanted to know what other factors could contribute to this. In class, false memory was brought upon by spreading activation. Some of us felt strongly that sleep belonged with the other words that were closely related to sleep, such as bed, alarm, etc. It's amazing how we are confident that a false memory that we thought, but did not see, is perceived to be an original memory. I remember coming

What is False Hunger? Hunger is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as 1) an uncomfortable feeling in your stomach caused by the need for food 2) a great need for food (Merriam-Webster, n.d.). Since we all have experienced these feelings since as far back as we can remember and have associated then with hunger or being hungry, what exactly does that mean? Does that mean we should question all of the times we believed that we have been hungry or does it mean that there is no way there could

Memory makes us. It is, to an extent, a collection of unique and personal experiences that we, as individuals, have amassed over our lifetime. It is what connects us to our past and what shapes our present and the future. If we are unable remember the what, when, where, and who of our everyday lives, our level of functioning would be greatly impacted. Memory is defined as or recognized as the “sum or total of what we remember.” Memory provides us the ability to learn and adjust to or from prior

‘50 First Dates’ is an old romantic comedy movie with a young woman who suffers from short-term memory loss after a horrible car accident. Lucy Whitmore (played by Drew Barrymore) is portrayed as having significant memory loss, with no other impairments. The damage experienced has left her with a form of amnesia, referred to in the movie as “Goldfield’s Syndrome.” While this disease is completely fictional, there is, however, a type of amnesia –anterograde amnesia- that describes Lucy’s condition

Amnesia is when people forget things easily. They tend to forget information that is stored in their memory. If you are a little forgetful it doesn’t mean you have amnesia, but if you forget a lot of memories that you should have not forgot you have amnesia. Examples of amnesia are important milestones in your life, memorable events, key people in life, and important fact that we have been told or taught. Just like you see something happen and then someone asks you what happened and you can’t remember

a car accident that causes her to have short-term memory loss. Lucy wake up everyday believing that it is October 13th, 2002, her father's birthday, and the day that they got into the accident. Sandler’s character is a single man who falls in love with Barrymore and attempts to recall her memory and have her fall in love with her each day. The movie concludes with Sandler and Barrymore’s character getting married, despite her short-term memory loss. Portrayal: The portrayal of people with