This is a great resource for learning memory and retrieval. Drs Loftus, McGaugh, Bjork,, Shiffrin, and Rugg interpret the concepts and process of memory very clear. Memory is essential for our existence in the world. It is what storage in our mind constitutes our recognition of ourselves. They introduced their model from sensory register, short term memory, long term memory and retrieval. Also, they introduced some interesting experiments and case studies. The patient who got hippocampus issue cannot remember any new information and he became angry and inpatient. It is so sad that when a person lost his memory it feels like he lost himself too. This case reminded me a movie: 50 First Dates, in which the role played by Drew Barrymore met a very similar situation. However, in reality, losing memory is not romantic, it confused the patients and bring suffering to their lives. Some of the key points in this video includes that: 1) the stronger you learn, the longer in can keep it; 2) learning locations can influence the learning results; 3) hippocampus is a very important region in our brain to storage information; 4) the emotion and mood can also influence our memory; 5) memory can be wrong and planted, that is why we should be care for about treating the testimony from eyewitness.
Enjoy this short lecture!
Just notice that my video is the same with Molly's. Hence, I found another one which is longer. This one is mainly from Dr. Kandel and is about what constitutes memories. It focused more on the biological foundation part of memories. Implicit memory and explicit memories as two types memory have long term memory short term memory involved are discussed.
Just notice that my video is the same with Molly's. Hence, I found another one which is longer. This one is mainly from Dr. Kandel and is about what constitutes memories. It focused more on the biological foundation part of memories. Implicit memory and explicit memories as two types memory have long term memory short term memory involved are discussed.
Great video, thanks for finding & posting this one! I think it is very applicable to what we’ve been learning in class with regard to memory and retrieval. I like how the video also incorporates the biology of the brain and some of the science behind memory and retrieval. I think there are connections between education especially in the areas of organizing information and making associations (William James’ anyone?!?). In addition, I like how at the end, the video demonstrates how these issues have real-life, everyday consequences (repressed memories and faulty eye witness accounts). Great video indeed!
ReplyDeleteHey Zijia, I liked everything about this video. It provided a lot of information that was clear to understand about how our brain store and retrieve input. I liked that it mentioned that we use our memory in our brain for everyday living, which is helpful towards our survival and adapting to our environment. Yet, I have heard that we as humans use only a small percent of our brain, which I was never able to understand that. I wonder what it would be like if we all were able to use a significant amount of our brain in everyday living. Of course, we would have to remember all the input that is stored I our brain in order to use more of it. Anyway, I also liked that the video noted the factors of helping our memory for learning, such as, objects being in our focal attention, meaningful events that sparks an emotion, and associations. The brain is complex, but at the same time it is practical for daily life.
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