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How does your memory work? (pg. 2)
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| kirbtastic |
i can never remember to put the toilet seat down .. other than that i guess mine is pretty good.
*dude wheres my car? |
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| drizzt81 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Maaz
So, how's your memory? What things can you easily remember and what can't you keep in your mind? |
visual, touch, smell, hear
numbers are easy.. write them down a bunch of times.. done |
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| cap |
| What does memory mean again? |
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| miss_e |
hoenstly, no one knows yet.
however the most accepted theory, shall we call it was from two psychologists. hence the model name is the atkinson & shiffrin model. (dont ask about spelling correctness)
basically think of the brain as a square box. actually here's a pic.
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| Dumonde Trancer |
i have a photographic memory, i can remmeebr the msot stupid and obscure things from years gone by, but by short term memory is a bit wierd.
mostly rmemebring stuff is triggered by sumthing associated by the memory in question. |
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| Maaz |
I was a bit worried about my short term memory (it sucks :p), but I've just realised that I'm normal :D
| quote: | Originally posted by miss_e
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Nice organogram :)
| quote: | Originally posted by Prototrance
Maybe our brains are pre-programmed to remember things that are of use??? |
Makes sense... might be a self-defense mechanism (not to do the wrong thing twice :p)
| quote: | Originally posted by drizzt81
numbers are easy.. write them down a bunch of times.. done |
I do something similar... I just repeat the number (or date) to myself a couple of times and it's enough :)
| quote: | Originally posted by cap
What does memory mean again? |
I don't remember either :toothless |
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| Trazedict |
i like to think a lot, even if its small, little things, or big complicated things. ill study people.. a LOT. maybe cuz im just interested about them or i want to find out what exactly attracts me to them. i take the train to and from school everyday so i study people a lot of there, and i remember them easily.
and oddly, i like to think about things and say to myself.. 'hmm will i remember this a couple days from now?? i wonder...' maybe its some stupid thing someone said or some odd tidbit that happened that day, or just the way someone did something, and usually when i do that i will remember it, cuz what i take more than a couple seconds to think about, i will most likely remember. |
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| chris_norris |
| quote: | Originally posted by miss_e
hoenstly, no one knows yet.
however the most accepted theory, shall we call it was from two psychologists. hence the model name is the atkinson & shiffrin model. (dont ask about spelling correctness)
basically think of the brain as a square box. actually here's a pic.
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This was part of my memory area of my Psychology course. There were a few other theories that i can't remember right now (irony:D ) but this was the one we focused on most. There's also the idea that the things we remembered are driven by the things that mean the most to us, like im more likely to remember someone i know clearly than walking to the shop for a pint of milk. And also say like when your emotions are heightened (say your victim of a shop robbery) memory is more likely to be vivid. Also theres the view that things that mite be detriemntal to your mental health you might try to forget, like bad memories of anything you found frightening etc. I may be talking utter e, this was a year ago. But it seemed to make sense. The things you value the most are the things you want to remember and stuff that makes you sad you try to forget. |
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| miss_e |
yeah i learned it in my IB Psychology class...
was that from the Behaviorist perspective? |
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| SuperFarStucker |
| i know i have a horrible time remembering 'what goes where' a lot of time but im pretty keen on verbal memory e.g. remembering what somebody said, or you read... |
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| kirbtastic |
| memory is a funny thing, and its amazing how the brain works. my best friend's older brother got into a motorcycle accident and lost all memory. he was supposed to die, but he made it. we had to teach him how to do everything again .. reading, walking, and stuff as simple as that. he also didnt remember any of us. he was a mean ******. he would be the out of me and his brother. he was a cop and one time he handcuffed me to the stairs and his brother to a chair and left us for 6 hours. his brother could at least walk around, but i was stuck in the same position the whole time. after the accident, he became such a nice person. he was always polite and happy to see everyone. then like 4 years later i got a phone call from my friend to come over. as soon as i walked in the door, his brother threw me on the ground, handcuffed me and gave me a terrible wedgie. he woke up that morning and every memory he ever had returned. he was just like he was before the accident....lucky us. |
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| miss_e |
| quote: | Originally posted by kirbtastic
memory is a funny thing, and its amazing how the brain works. my best friend's older brother got into a motorcycle accident and lost all memory. he was supposed to die, but he made it. we had to teach him how to do everything again .. reading, walking, and stuff as simple as that. he also didnt remember any of us. he was a mean ******. he would be the out of me and his brother. he was a cop and one time he handcuffed me to the stairs and his brother to a chair and left us for 6 hours. his brother could at least walk around, but i was stuck in the same position the whole time. after the accident, he became such a nice person. he was always polite and happy to see everyone. then like 4 years later i got a phone call from my friend to come over. as soon as i walked in the door, his brother threw me on the ground, handcuffed me and gave me a terrible wedgie. he woke up that morning and every memory he ever had returned. he was just like he was before the accident....lucky us. |
^^ :haha: :tongue2 :stongue: it's a nice optimistic story |
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