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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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    Memory

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    our MEMORY. A flow of events must occur before we can say “I remember”. Memory is “an active system that receives‚ stores‚ organizes‚ alters and recovers information” (Lieberman‚ 2004). In general‚ memory acts like a computer. Incoming information will be encoded‚ it is like typing data into a computer. Next‚ stored the information that we typed into the system. Finally‚ memories must be retrieved in order to be useful. According to Parente and Stapleton (1993)‚ they stated that “memory is a

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    Episodic Memory

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    Introduction The mechanism of human memory recall is neither a parallel nor a sequential retrieval of previously learned events. Instead‚ it is a complex system that has elements of both sequential and parallel modalities‚ engaging all of the sensory faculties of the individual. On an everyday level‚ issues about memory and recall affect everyone. It has a bearing on ramifications from the trivial to matters of life and death. Thus‚ a particular student might worry about his or her ability to

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    Unit 1 Sensory Impairment

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    first step in supporting people with a sensory impairment appropriately is to identify them. Local authorities should put in place a process to understand the prevalence of sensory loss in their populations to inform commissioning and market shaping functions. They should also have in place systems to record the number of people known to them. In identifying people with sensory impairment it is important to have in mind that: • There is a high prevalence of sensory loss amongst older people. • People

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    Three reasons for believing in the accuracy or inaccuracy of sensory information is perception‚ interpretation‚ and knowledge. Perception is our sensory experience of the world around us and involves both the recognition of environmental stimuli and actions in response to these stimuli (Bagley‚ 2004). Through the perceptual process‚ we gain information about properties and elements of the environment that are critical to our survival. Perception not only creates our experience of the world around

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    Unit 31 Sensory loss

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    Level 3 unit 31 Understand sensory loss 1 Understand the factors that impact on an individual with sensory loss 1.2 analyse how societal attitudes and beliefs impact on individuals with sensory loss Any type of sensory loss can cause people to experience the ways in which society treats them differently. People often believe that any type of sensory loss also reduces people’s capacity to understand. Individuals may feel a loss of independence‚ as carers‚ family members‚ or members of the

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    Chapter 16: Sensory‚ Motor and Integrative Systems 1. Sensory Modalities: touch‚ pain‚ vision and hearing a. General Senses: both‚ somatic and visceral i. Somatic: tactile‚ Thermal‚ Pain‚ Proprioceptive ii. Visceral: internal organs b. Special Senses: Smell‚ Taste‚ Vision‚ Hearing‚ Equilibrium‚ Balance 2. Process of Sensation c. Stimulation of a sensory receptor d. Transduction of the stimulus e. Generation of nerve impulses

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    The human memory is thought to be a reliable source to retrieve information about the past. Although memory is often deemed reliable‚ due to its reconstructive nature it can also be prone to error. Individuals recollect memories based on their personal experience of an event‚ general world knowledge‚ and external information. The addition of new information to memory on a daily basis leads to the continuous modification of old memories and the formation of new ones making memory reconstructive‚ and

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    Artificial memory

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    GDSC 1017 Science and Technology Behind the Movies    Group Project Topic: Artificial Memory    Group 2:    Chan Shirley 12021717 International Journalism    Fong Wing Yee 12204684 Media Arts    Tang Nga Ting 12210773 International Journalism    Zhang Xinge 12252034 Government and International Studies                                  1    Abstract of the project report:    We  are  going  to  discuss  about  the  elements  of artificial memory through the three movies: Total  Recall‚  ​ Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Inception

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    False Memory

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    False Memory and Your Imagination Diana Bunch PSY 511 False Memory and Your Imagination The power of suggestion or through a vivid imagination are just a couple ways that psychological research has shown ways in which false memories are created. A false memory is an untrue or distorted reminiscence of an event that did not actually happen. In reality‚ memory is very susceptible to error. People can feel completely assured that their memory is accurate‚ but this assurance is no guarantee that

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