LEARNING
BIOLOGY COGNITION AND LEARNING
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Emotional memories are stored differently than normal long term memories because the amygdala is involve in processing them.
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The hippocampus alone processes all long term memories.
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The “recency effect” is what allows humans to remember things for 3-5 seconds
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Eyewitness testimony can be extremely unreliable, even with multiple witnesses
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Detailed explanation-1: -Conclusion. Flashbulb memories are a fascinating but still unclear phenomenon. While research suggests that flashbulb memories 1) have a physiological basis, 2) include several factors such as event and rehearsal, 3) and only seem to be special in their perceived accuracy, there is still more to be investigated.
Detailed explanation-2: -The amygdala modulates the encoding, storage, and retrieval of episodic memory. These memories are later retrieved with an enhanced recollective experience, similar to the recollection of flashbulb memories. The amygdala, therefore, may be important in the encoding and retrieval of memories for emotional public events.
Detailed explanation-3: -The special-mechanism hypothesis of Brown and Kulik further held that the features of flashbulb memories are distinct from those of ordinary mechanisms of memory (Brown & Kulik, 1977). Detail, vividness, accuracy, and resistance to forgetting were initially identified as the distinct properties of flashbulb memories.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Hirst, Talarico and Rubin findings seem to suggest that flashbulb memories are not necessarily all that accurate, but they do appear to be more vivid than other memories-at least people certainly perceive them that way.