A growing body of evidence suggests that the information entered into memory is often altered in various ways over time—and these alterations can reduce its accuracy and change its meaning. Such changes fall under two major headings- memory distortion, alterations in what is retained and later recalled, and memory construction, the addition of information that was not actually present. Distortion [...]
We generally use memory for very different purposes in our daily lives. Let's see what psychologists have discovered about how memory functions in natural contexts. Three topics are of special interest- repression of emotionally traumatic events, autobiographical memory, and memory for emotional events. Repression: "What's Too Painful to Remember, We Simply Choose to Forget": Do we really do what the [...]
In this article we will discuss about the methods used for improving memory. 1. Mnemonic Devices: Some Mnemonic devices are easily memorizd rhymes whereas others use visual images or verbal associations. 2. Mental Stroll Method ("Method of Loci"): A favourite method is to remember a list of items by taking a mental stroll through one's house, forming a visual image [...]
