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Research animals are a good substitute for humans because similar principles are assumed to underlie basic mechanisms of brain function. [1] In order to fully understand human memory, cross-species comparisons in neuropsychology are used so that multiple variables can be manipulated.
Memory implantation is a technique used in cognitive psychology to investigate human memory.In memory implantation studies researchers make people believe that they remember an event that actually never happened.
Study of the genetics of human memory is in its infancy though many genes have been investigated for their association to memory in humans and non-human animals. A notable initial success was the association of APOE with memory dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease. The search for genes associated with normally varying memory continues.
Memory is one of the most crucial aspects of our health and human identity. Through memory, we create our individuality, our specific relationships with the world we inhabit, and we learn to stay ...
Model of the Memory Process. Human memory is the process in which information and material is encoded, stored and retrieved in the brain. [1] Memory is a property of the central nervous system, with three different classifications: short-term, long-term and sensory memory. [2]
Later research on short-term memory and working memory revealed that memory span is not a constant even when measured in a number of chunks. The number of chunks a human can recall immediately after presentation depends on the category of chunks used (e.g., span is around seven for digits, around six for letters, and around five for words), and even on features of the chunks within a category.
The hippocampus regulates memory function. Memory improvement is the act of enhancing one's memory. Factors motivating research on improving memory include conditions such as amnesia, age-related memory loss, people’s desire to enhance their memory, and the search to determine factors that impact memory and cognition.
Memory research has shown that the greater ones emotional arousal level at the time of the event, the greater the chance that the event will be remembered. [7] This may be due to the amygdala enhancing the emotional aspect of the information during encoding, causing the memory to be processed at a deeper level and therefore, more likely to ...