Search results for "Memory"
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The Effect of Cue Media on Recollections
2009
External cognition concerns knowledge that is embedded in our everyday lives and environment. One type of knowledge is memories, recollections of events that occurred in the past. So how do we remember them? One way this can be done is through cuing and reconstructing. These cues can be internal, in our minds, or in our everyday environment. In this paper we look at memory cues in our environment by comparing the effect of cue modality (odor, physical artifact, photo, sound, and video) on the number of memory details people had from a unique one-day real-life event. Contrary to expectation, the no-cue condition (in effect, only a question asking the participants to write down their memories…
Differential Effects of Interruptions and Distractions on Working Memory Processes in an ERP Study
2020
Interruptions (interfering stimuli to respond to) and distractions (interfering stimuli to be ignored) have been shown to negatively impact performance, particularly in tasks requiring working memory (WM). This study investigated how these two types of external interference affect task performance and attentional and WM processes as indexed by specific event-related potentials (ERPs) of the EEG. A Continuous Number Task (CNT) was applied, in which participants had to either decide whether the current number (condition without WM load) or the sum of the current and the preceding number (condition with WM load) was odd or even while responding to interlaced single letters (interruptions) or i…
Less Effort, Better Results: How Does Music Act on Prefrontal Cortex in Older Adults during Verbal Encoding? An fNIRS Study
2014
Several neuroimaging studies of cognitive aging revealed deficits in episodic memory abilities as a result of prefrontal cortex (PFC) limitations. Improving episodic memory performance despite PFC deficits is thus a critical issue in aging research. Listening to music stimulates cognitive performance in several non-purely musical activities (e.g., language and memory). Thus, music could represent a rich and helpful source during verbal encoding and therefore help subsequent retrieval. Furthermore, such benefit could be reflected in less demand of PFC, which is known to be crucial for encoding processes. This study aimed to investigate whether music may improve episodic memory in older adult…
Neurophysiological markers of subjective memory complaints in healthy people
2022
Con el envejecimiento de la población es importante comprender los cambios neurofisiológicos que se producen. En este contexto, las quejas subjetivas de la memoria (QSM) se están convirtiendo en un tema de interés ya que se han considerado un factor de riesgo para desarrollar trastornos relacionados con demencias como el deterioro cognitivo leve y enfermedad de Alzheimer. Por lo tanto, es importante investigar los biomarcadores tempranos para la detección y la planificación de los tratamientos. En este sentido, el procesamiento de emociones faciales es una importante función cognitiva comúnmente afectada en personas con trastornos relacionados con demencias que podría ayudar a analizar camb…
The optimal musical pause : the effects of expectancies, musical training, and personality
2016
The musical pause is an acoustic space between musical phrases, and is an important auditory quality because it can enhance tension by delaying the expected. It has been proposed that expectancies develop from long-term schematic knowledge learned through exposure; however, the dynamic attending theory indicates that expectancies arise from localized short-term knowledge found in the stimulus. This study aims to measure the optimal duration of the pause by assessing the influence of low-level musical features, long-term familiarity, musical ability, and personality. Musical excerpts were chosen from a variety of genres to include two phrases (separable by a silence), from which participants…
Aspazijas autobiogrāfiskā proza
2020
Darba tēma ir “Aspazijas autobiogrāfiskā proza”. Darba struktūru veido trīs nodaļas ar apakšnodaļām. Darba mērķis ir analizēt sieviešu sociālās lomas. Tiek skatīti divi darbi: “Zila debess zelta mākoņos” un “Rudens lakstīgala”. Bakalaura darba pētnieciskās metodes ir kultūrvēsturiskā un biogrāfiskā. Kultūrvēsturiskā metode tiek izmantota, lai izzinātu sieviešu stāvokli sabiedrībā. Biogrāfiskā metode ļauj ieskatīties Aspazijas dzīves gaitā un analizēt sakarības starp personisko dzīvi un literārajiem darbiem.
Flurnamen als Gedächtnisformationen. Ein Beitrag zur Erforschung des kollektiven Gedächtnisses aus linguistischer Perspektive
2018
The paper focuses on the relations between field names and the collective memory of a local communication community. People using various linguistic means to name specific objects in space impose an interpretation on them as well. This interpretation allows them to identify and individualize the places in social interactions, and it is kept in the collective memory of a particular community for either a longer or a shorter period of time. The linguistic analysis of the motivation for naming provides access to interpretations stored in fields names. In this case study the analysis has been carried out on the basis of the field names in Gryfów Śląski / Greiffenberg in Schlesien.
Äitien pyrkimykset ja toimintamahdollisuuksien valikko : käsitteellinen tutkimus äitien taloudellisista toimintamahdollisuuksista
2018
This study addresses the conceptual outlines of the financial capabilities of moth- ers. It examines how the perspectives and concepts of the capability approach can be utilized in outlining the relationship between motherhood and financial aspects. The aim is to develop conceptual tools for analyzing the choices and financial agency of mothers. This study emphasizes the methodological dimension using three elements: the capability approach, feminist economics and memory work. The main element of the study is the capability approach, which provides the perspective of the inquiry and the concepts for analysis. Feminist economics provides a definition of economy and a way to produce knowledge…