Have you ever bought a product and its smell brought you to childhood?Did you ever buy a cookie that smelled like Grandma?All this is related to what we call olfactory memory, this is the most primary type of memory and has a great connection with our emotions. We are talking about a power that big […]
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The memory of our first childhood friend, the smell we love the most, who we were and how we love life are issues inherent in autobiographical memory, can you imagine forgetting who the people closest to you are, how was your first kiss?Or what were your favorite places? Today we’re going to talk about this
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Photographic memory, also known as eidotic memory, consists of the ability to encode visual or written information, visually and with a high level of detail, who owns it treats the image by scanning it with eyes in detail and, hours later, can remember as if it were still in front of it. It is estimated
Dealing with the loss of a loved one involves great challenges; knowing how to honor the memory of those who have left us is one of them, often the pain that causes a loss like this can be enormous. In this way, mourners can feel many emotions: from shock, anger and guilt, to great sadness.
Stress loss is much more common than we thought, this cognitive failure occurs constantly and generates anxiety and anxiety: we forget about appointments, conversations, names and even this important article that we had to buy, we struggle to retain information and even recover consolidated memories. We often hear that memory is a treasure that we
Psychologist William James said: “If we remember everything, we’d be as sick as if we didn’t remember anything. Memory in general works selectively, does not remember all information in the same way, so the concept of selectivity Some memories can be stored very deeply in our minds and remembered in detail, while other aspects may
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Several studies have attempted to decipher the role of trauma, or an intense emotional experience, in coding, storing and retrieving memories Is there a relationship between memory and trauma?Do traumas leave a smaller or larger footprint than ordinary memories, or are they equivalent?? There are several positions that support both arguments. Some argue that traumatic
The ability to memorize is usually lost with age, however, this process may not be irreversible, as there are indications that lost memory can be recovered. Some innovative techniques, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, seem to be able to reverse the memory loss that often accompanies aging. A study published by Robert MG Reinhart and
There are stories that deserve to be shared, many of them are transmitted from generation to generation, oral tradition serves this purpose, sharing memories and interpretations of past events, the transmission of these stories will constitute what we call “collective memory”. , memories that share many generations so as not to get lost. What are
Proof of this is the loss of memory by depression, the depressed brain disconnects us from reality to scare us away like a drifting ship, drags us into its neurochemical storm, locks us in a cave where the outside world becomes unstable and indefinite, where is it difficult to concentrate, remember, react, think, respond? When
