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    Emotions and Memory

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    COVER PAGE Everyone has memories that they would like to forget. We also have problems remembering things that could have emotionally affected us. Some like to call this selective memory. We selectively decide to suppress a memory to a point where we do. Why do we select to suppress a memory? We suppress the memory because of an emotional attachment. We have three parts of memory. Sensory memory which is where our senses send our sounds/images to first and it stays there briefly or it is moved

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    The Brain for Memory

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    The brain for memory The brain is the most important organ‚ and any animal‚ even mosquitoes have them. However‚ have you thought any special ability of the brain‚ or have you imagined about your personality‚ emotion or memory in the situation which you lost a part of brain? In fact‚ there are lots of great abilities such as memory in the brain without our notice. Although‚ all the brain’s tasks are not clear completely‚ a lot of scientists have researched it and found its several miraculous functions

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    Memory Types

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    Memory 1 Running head: MEMORY Memory Types Andy Doerfler Troy University Memory 2 Memory Types Memory actually takes many different forms. We know that when we store a memory‚ we are storing information. But‚ what that information is and how long we retain it determines what type of memory it is. The biggest categories of memory are short-term memory (or working memory) and long-term memory‚ based on the amount of time the memory

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    Virtual Memory

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    Virtual Memory Virtual Memory With today’s modern technology‚ we need to ensure that our computers are able to run quick and with ease. In order to run programs with speed‚ individuals need to ensure that they have sufficient memory to allow for programs running. Computers come with memory‚ but sometimes it is not enough to run what is needed or wanted. One way to ensure speed is to use virtual memory. Virtual memory can be described as memory that emulates RAM‚ and allows programs to

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    Flashbulb Memory

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    flashbulb memory‚ a theory of emotion may affect emotion‚ a cognitive process. Flashbulb memory was an emotional theory suggested by Brown and Kulik (1977). Brown and Kulik stated that flashbulb memories are vivid and detailed memories of highly emotional events that appear to be recorded in the brain as though with the help from a camera’s flash. Roger Brown and James Kulik (1977) conducted an experiment regarding flashbulb memory on the Kennedy assassination. Participants said their memory of this

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    Primary Memory

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    Primary memory. There are two kinds of computer memory: primary and secondary. Primary memory is accessible directly by the processing unit. RAM is an example of primary memory. As soon as the computer is switched off the contents of the primary memory is lost. You can store and retrieve data much faster with primary memory compared to secondary memory. Primary memory is more expensive than secondary memory. Because of this the size of primary memory is less than that of secondary memory. Computer

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    Plastic Memory

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    ABSTRACT A conducting plastic has been used to create a new memory technology which has the potential to store a mega bit of data in a millimeter- square device-10 times denser than current magnetic memories. This device is cheap and fast‚ but cannot be rewritten‚ so would only be suitable for permanent storage. The device sandwiches a blob of a conducting polymer called PEDOT and a silicon diode between perpendicular wires. The key to the new technology was discovered by

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    Memory Management

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    Operating Systems POS Requirements of Memory Management Memory Management is the most highly used resource on your computer; different operating systems all have a different approach on how to use memory and common factors when using memory. Every process needs it to process a code or function. More so memory management allow the operating system to reserve parts of memory to programs when they are requested and complete as many processes into memory. Memory Management has gotten more complicated

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    Episodic Memory

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    episodic memory is defined as a personal memory for specific events (lecture‚ week 1). The movie Embers deals directly with this concept as it portrays a future dystopian society in which an airborne pathogen causes symptoms of complete anterograde amnesia as well as deteriorated episodic memory. The memory concepts portrayed in the film by and large hold fast to existing scientific theories and evidence. I will address two aspects that I believe the movie portrayed correctly about memory. The first

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    working memory

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    CHAPTER Working Memory 6 Le arn i ng O b j ec t i ves 1. Using Working Memory 1.1. A Computer Metaphor 1.2. Implications of the Nature of Working Memory 2. From Primary Memory to Working Memory: A Brief History 2.1. William James: Primary Memory‚ Secondary Memory‚ and Consciousness 2.2. Early Studies: The Characteristics of Short-Term Memory 2.2.1. Brevity of Duration 2.2.2. Ready Accessibility 2.3. The Atkinson-Shiffrin Model: The Relationship of Short-Term and LongTerm Memory 2.4. The Baddeley-Hitch

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