Short Term Memory

Abstract

The topic of the paper is “If one loses memories, will he cease to exist”. It is the topic that gives the reader food for thought as it can be applied to everyone. The paper will be analyzing different aspects of how one can lose his or her memory and if someone has really loses it, will he die away or stop living as he is not able to remember who he is.

Table of Contents

Abstractii

Introduction1

Discussion1

Description3

Structural Perspectives4

Between episodic memory and semantic memory4

Sensory Memory4

The Short-Term Memory4

The Long-Term Memory5

Conclusion5

References6

Short Term Memory

Introduction

Memory is a function of the brain and, simultaneously, a phenomenon of mind allowing the body to encode, store and retrieve information. Arises as a result of connections synaptic repetitive between neurons creating neural networks (called long-term potentiating). The memory can retain past experiences and, according to the temporal scope is classified conventionally: short-term memory (following the simple excitement of the synapse to temporarily reinforce or sensitize), medium-term memory and long-term memory (the result of a permanent strengthening of synapses through the activation of certain genes and the synthesis of proteins concerned).

Discussion

As a human, we are always surrounded by the people; therefore losing our memory does not mean at all to stop living or one should die as he is not living with his family. It is quite clear ideas about the nature of memory or about the laws governing the ability to remember and recall, we do not yet have, although we know something for a vast area of the mind, psychologists called preconscious thinking field. First thought that the mind is aware of everything happening in it, but the best contemporary thinkers recognize now that in the process of thinking consciousness is only a minor part. A very significant role in the sphere of thought is also given preconscious ideas, impressions, feelings and thoughts. It is now established that every conscious act is for a lot that lies in preconscious, in other words, every conscious action is hiding something else relating to predsoznaniya.

Beyond the mind is a vast area predsoznaniya. The latter encompasses a lot of mystery, which attracts the attention of psychologists and other thinkers, their works exerted great influence on the ideas of the time. According to their calculations as soon as ten percent of the daily thought process are made consciously, the rest of the same intellectual work done in the "unconscious" or predsoznaniya. The so-called conscious thought is only the tip of the rocks that rise from the ocean floor. People are like a dark forest in hopeless night, the minds torches cast only a small circle of rays, which is wider penumbra of the ring, and further there is already midnight. Meanwhile, in that something dark and half-done a tremendous job, and its results, when necessary, breaks into the circle of light called consciousness. Memory is primarily a function of our preconscious thinking. The huge storage memory and it is in the broad area of ??predsoznaniya. On receipt of any impressions, their second ...