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Comparison of Into My Heart and I remember I remember
Both poems are about the past and are similar in many ways, but "I remember, I remember" seems much more upbeat about the past than "into my
heart"
A.E. Housman's poem describes the " lost content" of a speaker who is made unhappy when he realises the happy times he had when he was young
are gone forever.
In Thomas Hood's poem the speaker is also made unhappy when he is made aware that he can never re–visit those happy times he experienced as a
child. They both explain the same idea in a different way; "Into my heart" makes its point in an obviously sombre way, but " I remember I remember
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The
" far country" symbolises time rather than distance. It is a memory from a long time ago that is very different from the life that the speaker is now
leading. The memories seem happy because the symbolic landscape is rural and idyllic. This landscape has hills, farms and spires, which suggest that
the speaker once led a simple life, which is very different from the life he is now leading, and a life to which he can never return.
"I remember, I remember" uses a child's perspective to represent the past: the "little window" where the sun came "peeping" in at morn, and he
thought the "fir trees dark and high" were "close against the sky" because that is how gigantic they mu st seem, to a child who is not yet fully grown.
Each stanza focuses on a different detail of his past, but they all use the same structure, in every stanza a pleasant memory is said, followed by how
upset he is that he can never experience it again, in
Fact he is so upset that he wants to die and there are many references to death in the poem: "I often wish the night had borne my breath away!" and
" [The] summer pools could hardly cool the fever on my brow!" are just two examples.
His memories are full of bright colours and natural imagery, the reds and whites, roses, violets and lilies, swallows, feathers, summer pools and fresh
air, all help to make the speakers memories more vivid and fresh. The speaker's memories are
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Human Memory : Malleable Memory
Malleable Memories
Maybe people shouldn't trust their memories.
Human Memories
From long time ago, humans have tried to find out what memory is, and how it works. But no one thought about that will memories goes wrong.
The study of human memory can be traced back 2,300 years, Aristotle first gave his understand and analysis of memory. Everyone knows that memory
is an important part of our lives, but it is also one of the most elusive parts of human. If people compare life to a wonderful movie, the memory is a
tiny private cinema locates in the human brain, which full of the images they've seen and scenes they've been through everyday. When people try to
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In later experiments, Loftus showed people a simulation of a car accident, then she asked the participants questions about the scene, some were given a
question that mentions a yield instead of a stop sign while some saw a question with consistent information. Later, those who were misinformed were
about 20% more likely to incorrectly report that they saw a yield sign compared to those who received the correct information. Loftus has convinced
people that they saw a stop sign. This study shows a truth of memory –– it can be shaped. Each time people remember a memory, they are actually
rebuilding it using those memory traces and your own guesswork. That is why psychologist Elizabeth Loftus compares memory to a Wikipedia page,
"you can go in there and change it, but so can other people," she explained. If somebody says something with strong emotion and many details, it
doesn't mean that it really happened. People need independent analysis to find out that is it a real memory rather than the product of imagination or
under influences.
Eyewitness Testimony
Theoretically, eyewitnesses can provide very convincing legal testimony, but their memories are easy to various errors and biases. Loftus, as an
expert, uses what she has learned to testify in hundreds of criminal cases, she told people that memory is pliable and flexible, narrations of eyewitness
are far away from
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Analysis Of The Film ' Antwone Fisher '
Good Morning Gentleman and Ladies – I appreciate the DA giving me an opportunity to speak to you. I have read the background information on
your specific case. Today's presentation will present on overview of the research concerning false memories and how such findings could apply to this
particular case. I will then outline some situations that are known to increase the likelihood of false memories and end with strategies that may reduce
the occurrence of false memories
By way of introduction – and if you will indulge my brief nod to Hollywood – this is often how the issue of memory is portrayed by popular media. In
the 2002 film, Antwone Fisher, Denzel Washington plays a military psychologist who is tasked with evaluating the mental health of recently demoted
seaman, Antwone Fisher. As the film goes on Denzel Washington discovers (along with the rest of us) Antwone Fisher's highly traumatized past.
Through the cinematic use of multiple flashback scenes Antwone is gradually brought back to "the scene of the crime" seemingly remembering such
details as the overall abuse in addition to the exact placement of holes in the wall or buckets on the floor or shirt he was wearing. In other words, the
flashback scenes depict a kind of grand narrative of absolute truth that we, as viewers don't question. Antwone Fisher simply needed a nudge by a safe,
albeit stern father figure in order to remember it all.
Additionally the film is bookended by a dream sequence of a young
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Tintern Abbey: Seeing into the Life of Things Essay
Tintern Abbey: Seeing into the Life of Things
What does Wordsworth see when he 'sees into the life of things?'; Remember that in the lines leading up to his portrayal of the 'blessed mood'; that
gives him sight, Wordsworth has been pointing to the power of human memory and reflection. And the importance of memory and reflection are
made plain by the shifting time perspectives in the poem. The poem begins with the speaker on the banks of the Wye for the first time in five years.
At first the poet emphasizes the way in which his present experience is similar to that of five years ago. More than once he tells us that 'again'; he has
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They come so freely from us that it is only in retrospect that we recognize them for what they were. However they are the true measure of what we
are, and what we are is determined in large part by what we remember of our lives, by the shape we give our lives in memory. It is the recollection of
good memories, the naming of nameless pleasures, that help make us the kind of people who commit nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.
So the mood that leads the author to see into the life of things begins with recollection and memory, of pleasures of good deeds. But these
memories occur in what seems like and otherwise dreary time for the author, when he is weary and lonely. They occur in times when the 'fever of
the world'; has burdened the author, when his worries have lead him to fruitless endeavors, and when he has suffered from the 'evil tongues,'; 'rash
judgments,' and 'the sneers of selfish men'; he points to later in the poem. Memories of the Wye raise the author's spirits, and distance him from the
concerns of his daily life. The author is able to step back and look at himself from above. The vision he presents of the soul leaving the body is not one
of death but of release from the concerns of every day life. The author's soul floats above his body. From
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Description Of My Favorite Places To Go As A Child
One of my favorite places to go as a child was in the reservoir with my family. We would start packing a few days before we left, first my brother's and
I would go to school on a Friday afterward we would go camping. Every time I would hurry home because I was ready to go camping. When I was
little I felt that my family and I went camping every day even though it wasn't. I have many memories of camping. I love to go camping because you
can smell the lake, or you can start a fire which smells amazing. Waking up in the morning unzipping thetent and getting out to be able to see the
forests are wonderful. Sometimes my brother and I will sit in the woods watch boats and jet skis go by. While you are falling asleep, you hear
animals such as coyotes or if someone had dogs you will hear them. When I wake up in the morning to the birds chirping is amazing. Waking up in
the morning when my mom was in the middle of cooking potatoes, eggs, and sausage for breakfast you could smell it, it was the best smell to wake
up to. She would make hot cocoa which made it ten times better. Some days my family and I would go fishing in the daytime, every day at night we
would go fishing till 3:00 sometimes earlier. If my brother and I were bored we would go into a forest and play a game such as hide and go seek, or
tag. I know I few times my brother and I would build forts out of trees and sticks. Once we went camping while it was raining, therefore, we put this
canopy up and we played board games
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Analysis Of The Limey 's ' The Limey '
Sudden events such as a loved one passing away can shatter someone's sense of order; it can push towards nostalgia and further alienate from
everything. When getting lost in these memories, we visualize the actions that we could have done and the actions that could have been avoided in
order to bring more happiness to the lost loved one. Nevertheless, a sudden loss also has the power to free us after all the meditation. It might help us
appreciate again the world, help us grow and become receptive again. Soderbergh's non–linear story "The Limey" shows precisely this through the
exploration of the main character's stream of consciousness and his complex notion of moral character.
The whole film is the recollection of Wilson's messy memories where his past co–exists with his present, therefore it is told from his point of view.
Due to this he is often shown in a meditative state either smoking or with his head looking down in regret. An "unexpected–like" tragic event was what
dragged Wilson to LA after 9 years of prison. Wilson is the main character in the film; He is an old–looking Englishman who has just lost his daughter,
Jenny, in a tragic car accident. Wilson suspects about his daughter's death, therefore he decides to further investigate. As soon as his airplane lands he
sets out to go meet Ed Roel, the guy who sent him the letter, which contained the newspaper clipping about her daughter's death. With Ed's help he then
discovers Jenny was romantically involved with a
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The Biology Of Memory Disorders
1.The biology of memory is very important and if someone were to have a problem with their memory that could make their daily life difficult. The
hippocampus, limbic system, and amygdala are critical to memory and if these were damage they could cause memory disorders. Memory disorders
are diseases that impair our ability to recall everyday events. There are numerous memory disorders a person could have. For example, amnesia is a
common memory disorder. The most common types of amnesia are retrograde amnesia and anterograde amnesia. Retrograde amnesia is when a
person loses some memories of their past, and on the other hand, anterograde amnesia is when a person loses the capacity to form new memories.
There has been many case studies about amnesia and by far one of the best–known people with it was a man with the initials H.M. The doctors
removed a big chunk of his temporal lobe and after the surgery, he could recall almost no new information. Later, when researchers examined his brain
they realized his hippocampus was damage and this was why he had amnesia. Another well–known memory disorder is Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's disease is becoming a more common memory disorder in elderly people as the years continue. This disease occurs at an alarming rate, in
fact, one American develops Alzheimer's disease every 72 seconds. The losses of Alzheimer's disease are both language and memory related. First
Alzheimer's patients began to lose their most recent memories and then
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My Experience With A Lifeguard At The Winner City Pool
In my eighteen years of my life, this summer has surely been the most memorable. It was filled with countless wonderful memories during these past
three months. This summer was filled with loads of amusement, excitement, nerves, and sadness. Summer started one week early, however, other than
that it was to an extent, the same as the other summers. I spent a vast deal of my time working, with my friends and family, and in the gym.
This year marked my fourth year working as a lifeguard at the Winner city pool. Each year I have worked, we only jumped in for kids around three
times the entire summer, and this year we jumped in over ten times. I jumped into the deep side of the pool, which is twelve feet deep and grab a
little boy who started sinking after he jumped off the diving board. It was not strenuous for the sake of him being light and I could just grab his arm
and pull him to the ladder, however, it made me insanely scary, and I was a little shaken up afterwards. Also, this year I accomplished my third year
of private swimming lessons. Usually I teach around ten to twelve lessons a summer and this year I doubled that and had twenty–seven kids for
lessons. Scheduling lessons this year was not effortless, in consideration of working at the pool and teaching kids basically consumed my summer.
This past summer was comparable to the past summers. I was with my friends and family tons. Sunday nights were the nights my friends and I would
drive to the outdoor movie theater,
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Literature Review On Physical Activity
The purpose of this literature review is to summarize current research regarding physical activity and its effects on Alzheimer Disease (AD).
Alzheimer's is a disease that causes a decline in memory and cognitive abilities. It is estimated that the number of people living with Alzheimer's
will rise to 115.4 million people by 2050 (Cyarto et al., 2010). Much research is trying to find an end to Alzheimer Disease, but has resulted in no
cure as of yet. Alzheimer's impacts many people and exercise could potentially be a wonderful tool to help decrease symptoms and decrease rates. The
following literature review provides 10 study results and an overview of the affects exercise has on patients with Alzheimer's.
The first study by Cyarto et al. (2010) obtained 230 community participants who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer Disease to participate in their
study. The participants were obtained through local physicians,memory clinics, specialists and advertising flyers. These participants were randomly
assigned to a moderate physical activity group or a sedentary group. The study was 24 weeks long and included questionnaires to help document the
results. Results determined that the non–exercise group had higher scores on the Alzheimer disease Assessment scale, which indicates decreased
cognitive function. A study done by Morris et al. (2017) also obtained participants through public advertisements, community talks, physicians and
various databases. Unlike the previous study, this
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Brain Memory Research Paper
When it comes to the human brain most people do not understand that the body relies on the brain for everything. From moving to jumping to the
smalls thing like blinking of the eyes. The research that interest me was that the brain does everything, and controls everything. The brain is made up of
three very important components and they are called, the cerebrum, the cerebellum and the brain stem. These very important components are in charge
of breathing, digestion, heart rate, attention, language, emotional and feeding, drinking, sexual response, aggression and pleasure. This is everything
that the body needs and have for the body to function. This paper will discuss the brain, how the memory process is intertwined with the most important
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The brain controls the little thing from eye movement to something as big as the way we jump. Without the brains direction every movement we
as human would not survive. As children we learn and experience life, and when those moments become special to us they stay with us forever.
Until, of Couse when it is that time for us to go to heaven. Some people memory will disintegrate cause by Alzheimer or if you are born with it
Huntington disease. No, one knows what will happen when they get older, but the only thing that we need stays with us is our memories of our
first and our families. When that leaves us, we as humans do not feel in control of our bodies anymore. In an inhumane way these are signs from
the brain letting the body know that our life is coming to an end. So even when the memories go we will have our families to help us always
remember what we lost. The families will never forget who that person once was in their life. Remembering, your life is the best gift that God gives
us, and sharing that gift with other makes it more wonderful. So just because we may lose it at some point in life does not mean others will have lost
that memory of who you were as a
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Essay on Memory in Exile: Eva Hoffman's "Lost in Translation"
Eva Hoffman's memoir, Lost in Translation, is a timeline of events from her life in Cracow, Poland– Paradise – to her immigration to Vancouver,
Canada – Exile – and into her college and literary life – The New World. Eva breaks up her journey into these three sections and gives her personal
observations of her assimilation into a new world. The story is based on memory – Eva Hoffman gives us her first–hand perspective through flashbacks
with introspective analysis of her life "lost in translation". It is her memory that permeates through her writing and furthermore through her
experiences. As the reader we are presented many examples of Eva's memory as they appear through her interactions. All of these interactions evoke
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Because they were the first things, the incomparable things, the only things. It's by adhering to the contours of a few childhood objects that the
substance of ourselves – the molten force we're made of – molds and shapes itself." (74).
The changes create a world of comparisons – knowing the world of paradise in Cracow presents an instant dichotomy with that of her newly uncharted
American culture. Eva presents many examples of the differences between the two cultures. The significant difference is, of course, the language
barrier. Eva explains her actual loss in translation – that the words of Eva's native language don't hold the same meaning as that of the words in
English. She explains, "'River' in Polish was a vital sound, energized with the essence of riverhood, of my rivers, of my being immersed in rivers.
'River' in English is cold – a word without an aura. It has no accumulated associations for me, and it does not give off the radiating haze of
connotation. It does not evoke" (106). This loss of meaning is omnipresent in all of American culture in Eva's eyes. Eva laments that, "I have no interior
language, and without it, interior images – those images through which we assimilate the external world, through which we take it in, love it, make it
our own – become blurred too" (108). Due to this
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Theatre Critique Of Friday Night Cafe 's The Yellow Wallpaper
Theatre Critique of Tuesday Night CafГ©'s The Yellow Wallpaper
Even before taking their seats in the theatre the audience is transported into the constraining and chaotic mind of our protagonist, Jane. Jane has been
locked in in a room with yellow wallpaper by her husband as "treatment" for her hysteria. Her hysteria is played by a nameless character beside her. In
combination with symbolic blocking, the set and dГ©cor of this production create the perfect environment to capture the inner turmoil of Jane and her
relationship with the madness.
One expects when walking past the doors of a theatre to encounter a stage and perhaps someplace to sit. However, when walking through the theatre
doors one is confronted by a fabric wall and a dark hallway created by hanging pieces of yellow curtains and blankets stitched together with visible
seams and patterns overlapping haphazardly. The people you saw enter before you disappear and you're confronted by the question of where to go
next. You walk along the dark makeshift hallway until you find an open wooden door, through which you finally see the stage and realize that you
were only a few feet away from it the entire time. This makes up the audience's first interaction with the The Yellow Wallpaper.
This design choice was a seamless way to draw audiences into the story and the mindset of the characters within the play. In surrounding the stage and
audience with the "yellow wallpaper" the theatre experience becomes more intimate.
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The Outsider in Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea...
The "Outsider" in Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea and Wonderful Fool
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Wonderful Fool In designing the characters in a novel, frequently, an author includes a character who
finds himself on the outside of the accepted society. This outsider character often finds himself at a disadvantage. The mere fact that he is unfamiliar in
his society tends to create problems for the character to solve. After solving these problems, the character leaves behind a lasting effect on at least one
other character, both of whom have changed dramatically due to the influence of the outsider.
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Ryuji's discontent with land was quite evident while he spent time with Ryuji and Fusako. Having never had a strong family, Ryuji felt out of place in
their household.
As he first became assimilated into Noboru's life, Ryuji felt on the outside, unaccepted and disapproved of by Noboru. In the beginning, in an
attempt to downplay his manhood Noboru described the sailor as "not such a big man" (Mishima 11). As the novel progresses, largely due to the
influence of the gang, Noboru grows to hate Ryuji, and further the gap between Ryuji and Noboru. For Ryuji, this lack of respect exhibited by
Noboru is devastating. Ryuji sensed Noboru's need to have a "real man" as a role model, and spent his time attempting to build the bridge between
the two, and manufacture a bond which both of them were satisfied with. In a backfired attempt to bond with Noboru, Ryuji tries to impress Noboru
and his gang by attempting to relate to their youthfulness. He tries to show the he, too, could go to the park and have a good time, just as the boys
could. However, the problem only worsened due to this action. Noboru was so appalled that Ryuji would do such a thing as to admit to his taking a
bath in a fountain. He imagined Ryuji living up to his courageous reputation and offering as an anecdote "I rescued a woman who had thrown herself
off the pier"
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Memory Lane Short Story
Memory Lane
Fictional Narrative
Mason was very outgoing. He had brown hair and blue eyes. He always wanted to go and explore. He always loved his family, especially his brother
Collin who was the complete opposite of him. Colin was a redhead with brown eyes.
One day, specifically September 23, 2015, Mason was just driving around looking for a way to pass time. He drove around Pennsylvania thriving for
something to do in his spare time
On his way, he noticed a sign that lead into a cave that looked suspicious and the sign said, "Memory Lane." Even though the cave looked dangerous
and suspicious, Mason still decided to go into the suspicious looking cave and take a look around. Once he entered the cave about fifteen feet in,
the walls started to glow and light up with many colors and he thought, "What is going on here?" As Mason looked at the walls, he saw himself as
a baby. It seemed as if the cave was a theatre. Before he knew it, the walls were already showing himself as a teenager that was thirteen years old.
Mason kept watching his memories on the walls play his life before his eyes. Mason was so mesmerized that he didn't even realize the cave was
filling up with water.
He had reached the point where he was seeing himself in the cave watching the memories. Soon, as he was only 24 years old, the walls showed
memories that were from when he seemed to be thirty. After realizing that the memories he was seeing were memories he didn't experience yet, he
thought,
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The Tip Of The Tongue
Abstract
The tip–of–the–tongue (or TOT) phenomenon is the inability to retrieve a specific word, while typically knowing quite a lot of information about it. In
recent years, experimental psychologists interested in human memory have studied the TOT phenomenon in the hope of better understanding why this
mental process is interrupted as well as any useful techniques for overcoming it. This paper describes two sets of experiments held at separate
American universities. The first set of experiments investigates which phonological components are capable of facilitating word retrieval. The second
assesses how often a group of subjects could retrieve rare target words on the basis of their definition alone, while simultaneously comparing semantic
and phonological cues for the target words.
The Tip of the Tongue Phenomenon:
A Momentary Inability to Retrieve Words Stored in OurMemory
The tip–of–the–tongue (or TOT) is an experience involving difficulty retrieving a specific word or name, while knowing that it is stored in your
memory. Individuals experiencing the TOT phenomenon tend to recall one or more features of the target word, such as the number of syllables it is
comprised of, or its initial sound and letter. People in this state report feelings of anguish and frustration when searching for the word, and a sense of
relief when the word is finally found. For example, in conversation or in writing you might have had the experience of trying, but failing to
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Alzheimer 's Disease : A Progressive Disease
Alzheimer's Disease is a progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental functions. Brain cells in Alzheimer's disease dies and
degenerate causing the loss of memory and mental functions. Alzheimer's is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S.A. Alzheimer's Disease is
named after Dr. Abis Alzheimer. In 1906, Dr. Alzheimer noticed changes in the brain tissue of a lady who had died of an unusual mental illness that
was very unknown. The woman 's' symptoms included memory loss, language problems, and unpredictable behavior that people with Alzheimer's
have almost often of times. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia in this world and it's thought to be the most progressive
disease of all diseases. Also this disease gets progressively worse over time. The majority of people with Alzheimer's are sixty–five years old or older,
however, almost five percent of the people have early–onset Alzheimer's. Early–Onset Alzheimer 's is known as Alzheimer 's at a younger age which
appears at the ages of forties and fifties. In early stage Alzheimer's, memory lost is very mild. With late Alzheimer's, individuals lose the ability to
carry on conversations and respond to their environment. People with Alzheimer's often live an average of eight years after their symptoms become
noticeable to others.
There are major symptoms to Alzheimer's disease, however, main symptoms that you may notice is memory loss and confusion. Overtime, the
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Memories : One Of The Greatest Gift Of Life
Memories are one of the greatest gifts in life; bad memories are there for you to look back on and grow stronger, whereas the good memories wrap
around you, and bring a smile to your face. Essentially our essence is built upon a collection of memories, from your first word to when you say "I
do" to the person of your dreams. So if the life you built is held together by memories, what happens when the foundation starts to crumble, do you
become an empty shell? It all started suddenly, without any indication of what was to come. At first it was little things, like forgetting where I left my
cotton slippers at and where I left the car keys. Gradually things escalated. I started getting paranoid, suspecting that someone was messing with my
things. I started to suspect that my husband of 12 years, James was playing tricks on me, by hiding my phone. I ended up confronting James, accusing
him of being jealous of me talking to my friends. He strongly denied having anything to do with the missing phone, saying that "I lost my marbles". A
week later, Sarah my nine–year old daughter found the stupid phone that had evaporated my trust of my loving husband. Turns out the phone was in
between the loaves of sourdough and whole wheat. From that moment on things only got harder. I felt as if I was stuck in a dream. All of my
memories were shrinking and I didn't understand why. Afterall, I was in pretty good shape since I went to the gym often and I just turned 40 not to
long ago. Right now, I should be enjoying my life, I am happily married, I have a beautiful daughter and handsome little boy, I just got promoted,
and we are comfortable financially. James, kept assuring me that everything was fine he would say, "You just need to relax. You've been working so
hard lately at work and you're probably stressed with Derek starting kindergarten". It was true, I have been working extremely hard at work trying to
get that promotion. Also, I was a little nervous about Derek, my little boy starting school. James had a way of making me feel much better about this
whole situation but I still could not shake the feeling that something was off. Last month was the worst time my mind had
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Senior Project Paper: Music Therapy used on Alzheimer's...
Courtney Everette
Ms. Askue
August 26, 2014
English IV Music Therapy
Introduction:
Ever since I was a little girl, I've observed people playing music around me. My family is musically inclined, which I believe is the reason I've
been drawn to it. In 2006, I began taking guitar lessons but I never had much interest in playing. Things changed in 2009, and I wished to be
different. I wanted to be good at something so I began to teach myself guitar and have stuck with the guitar until now. In 2010, I began to play on
my church's worship team and I enjoyed it very much. I have now been a worship leader for the past four years and it's something I love to do. I love it
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So how did Alzheimer's come to be? How was it discovered? In 1906, German Physician Alois Alzheimer, began to link symptoms to microscopic
brain changes. When he began an autopsy on his first Alzheimer's patient, Auguste Deter, Alzheimer saw dramatic shrinkage and abnormal deposits
in and around her nerve cells. In 1910, the disease was named after him because of the great discovery he made that would change history forever.
In 1931, the electron microscope was invented and this allowed for further exploration of the brain and how it is affected by this disease (Hippius).
Something that may be as simple as just observing the brain and analyzing minor changes might seem small but it changed the future. Doctors are
now able to recognize the symptoms of Alzheimer's and diagnose the disease properly. The symptoms will be able to place the individual into their
correct stage of the disease. There are seven stages, all which gain momentum over time. The Reisberg Scale states that the first stage is the underlying
disease but no symptoms in which case the individual seems to be normal. The first stage is easy to look over if the individual isn't expecting it, which
is common when one obtains early–onset Alzheimer's. In stages 2–4 the individual begins to have memory lapses, trouble coming up with names and
forgetting recent events, all of which would simply indicate stressed–out
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The Theme Of Memories In Toni Morrison's Beloved
In the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison, memories are seen as powerful instruments which haunt the characters throughout the narrative. During the
institution of slavery, slaves were dehumanised and treated subordinately. This novel asserts the fact that slaves were actually human beings, by
exploring the ways that they had to endure the disturbing and traumatic memories of it, and still find ways to live. In the article 'Four Hundred Years of
Silence: Myth, History and Motherhood in Toni Morrison's Beloved', Sally Keenan explores "the need to remember and to tell and the desire to forget,
memories with an inexhaustible and monstrous power to erupt and overwhelm the mind but which must somehow be laid aside if life is to continue"
(48). By this Keenan means that the novel accentuates the difficulty that the characters face in order to forget their painful memories, which at the
same time cannot be disremembered. The urge to forget is complicated as it becomes laden with the feelings of pain, guilt, shame and fear, which
eventually leads to an assumption that the traumatic memories cannot be forgotten.
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In this extract Beloved is gone due to the coming together of the community, and now there is a possibility for life to carry on. The narrator says,
"They forgot her like a bad dream". A "bad dream" is something frightful that only exists in someone's mind, therefore it is not real. Beloved however,
is real and the community tries to "lay" the memory of her aside by pretending that she never existed. The reason for this is because although Beloved
is Sethe's memory of her horrifying experience, she also reminds them of their own personal experiences brought about by
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Memory Lane : A Fictional Narrative : Memory Lane
Memory Lane
Fictional Narrative
One day, specifically September 23, 2015, Mason was just driving around looking for a way to pass time. On his way, he noticed a sign that lead
into a cave that looked suspicious and the sign said, "Memory Lane." Mason decided to go into the suspicious looking cave and take a look
around. Once he entered the cave about fifteen feet in, the walls started to glow and light up with many colors and he thought, "What is going on
here?" As Mason looked at the walls, he saw himself as a baby. It seemed as if the cave was a theatre. Before he knew it, the walls were already
showing himself as a teenager that was thirteen years old. Mason kept watching his memories on the walls play his life before his eyes. Mason was
so mesmerized that he didn't even realize the cave was filling up with water. He had reached the point where he was seeing himself in the cave
watching the memories.
Soon, as he was only 24 years old, the walls showed memories that were from when he seemed to be thirty. After realizing that the memories he was
seeing were memories he didn't experience yet, he thought, "Great, now my whole life is spoiled!" Even though his life was being spoiled, Mason
kept on watching. Soon Mason started laughing at a memory from the future where he tried asking a girl out and got rejected. The memories seemed
to now be when he was 38. He had seen himself getting married to the same girl that rejected him as well. At one point, Mason
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The Effects Of Cognitive Deficits On Children
Children in institutional care such as foster care or adoption are at a heightened risk for poor psychosocial outcomes. These risks include
psychopathology, substance abuse, juvenile delinquency, academic failure and problems with peers. Their poor performance may result from their
experiences of either maltreatment or abuse. Given that this population of children has poor long term outcomes, their deficits in cognitive functioning
will assist in the development of more suitable interventions and psychotherapeutic treatment services. This study examined deficits in memory using a
sample of 5 to 12–year old maltreated foster/adoption children (n=20) and a comparison group of same–aged, nonmaltreated children living with their
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Since this is a huge problem in the legal system, there has been a huge debate on whether or not the reports of recovering memories of abuse can be
authentic, since human memory is susceptible to distortion. These types of memories can either help or hurt people in the system for example
prosecuting an innocent person who was accused of being an abuser. However, very few studies have been done on the population of at risk children
such as those in foster care or adoption. Children in foster care and adoption are a unique group that deserves research recognition. This population of
children faces a long–term life of consequences because of the maltreatment, abuse and neglect. The importance of being able to understand what child
maltreatment and neglect is crucial because of the danger it can cause a child. Child maltreatment is an urgent public health problem for many reasons.
This paper expects to investigate the negative effects of early maltreatment/abuse on social and psychological functioning.
Literature Review
Emotion Understanding and Theory of Mind
At risk children such as maltreated and abused children are at a higher risk of poor psychosocial outcomes such as substance abuse, juvenile
delinquency, academic failure, and future problems with peer relations (Pears & Fisher, 2005). This study looked at the deficits in memory abilities
among abused and maltreated children and suggested that being in foster care was
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Dreams And Its Effects On Our Lives
Dreams are one hell of a thing, while we rest our brains are all over the place with thoughts and ideas that we would never dare express with anyone.
Everything we think about could be recycled into our dreams. Dreams in a way are rather magical; it is everything we want played in a short film for
our entertainment while our body recovers from the day. The brain can be funny sometimes and pull pranks on you with nightmares to keep you on
your toes. Dreams sometimes make us dwell on things that happened throughout the day. People claim that you can control your dreams by doing a
variety of little things before you fall asleep what people are trying to achieve is called lucid dreaming. People believe that dreams are foreshadowing an
event that will occur in the near future this is referred commonly to DГ©jГ vu. Do not worry we will go over everything much more extensively. I will
cover the pros and cons of each topic.
You are walking through the safari jungle and out of nowhere an alien that goes by Ronaldo lands in front of you and is telling you to hop into his
intergalactic spaceship and flight co–pilot with your math teacher from 3rd grade, so you obviously hop in and fly off into the distant sky... Just
before things are about to get interesting, your alarm/parents will like always ruin it and wakes you up. At this point, you are too upset that you have
to go to school that the memory of that kick ass dream was just whisked away and to never be fully remembered despite your
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The Studies Of Music And How It May Not Help The Alzheimer...
In order to understand how the studies of music and how it may or may not help the Alzheimer's disease (AD) one would need the background of it.
AD is a progressive neurological disease that leads to deterioration in cognitive abilities. People with AD encounter a progressive decline in their
neurological capabilities, which manifest in language deficits, among other cognitive difficulties. The main failures in speech include naming
difficulties, verbal fluency deficit, comprehension problems, and deterioration of spontaneous speech. People with AD tend to have discourse deficits,
which include empty phrases, indefinite words, and repetitions. The speech of a person with the deficits is difficult for an interlocutor to follow. Thus,
theses progressive language failures can lead people with AD to isolation. Due to their progressive inability to communicate, people with AD need
interventions that address their communication needs and help prevent social isolation (Dass, A., & Amir, D. 2014).
Increased social interaction can improve quality of life by enabling people with AD to remain socially engaged. Communication trainings include active
instruction such as role playing and analyzing video observations of conversations with people with AD. Computer based systems are also used,
providing multimedia stimuli. Reminiscence therapy uses the intact long–term memory that enabling people with AD to engage in a conversation about
their past experiences (Dass, A., & Amir, D.
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Reminisence In See Me Nurse
Reminiscing is a wonderful art of reviving a soul and bringing forth a spirit of youth. According to Tabloski (2014), reminiscence encompasses a
recollection of satisfying memories or circumstances, delivering comfort and support. As a critical care nurse, a gerontologic population dominates my
unit. In working with the elderly, I utilize reminiscence to connect with my patients. When patients begin to reminisce, I observe joy, pride, happiness,
smiles, emotions, a deep sense of meaning, laughter, and animated faces. I notice that at times, it brings solace or comfort. There is also a correlation
between reminiscence and resilience in improving quality of life and preceding to a dignified death (Nyatanga, 2015). This is an amazing way... Show
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One recent encounter was when I was taking care of an elderly patient with encephalopathy. The religion my patient and his family practiced was
Sikh and I was very unfamiliar with not only the religious aspect, but the culture as well. The brother of the patient was dressed in all white,
walked around the room barefoot, had a white turban wrapped around his head, and had long facial hair. I heard that he was still in mourning as
his father had recently passed and his brothers were scattering ashes back in India, all while his brother was critically ill. The brother of the patient
and I were discussing care when he hugged me for taking such good care of his brother. He hugged me so tight that I could feel private body parts.
Startling me, he kissed my cheek, then he kissed the same cheek again as I stood bewildered and shocked. It seemed like he was trying to
physically turn me around to plant a kiss on my lips when I ran out of the room mortified, saying I had to call a physician for orders. I talked to the
critical care intensivist and nurse practitioner about my experience with the family member. The nurse practitioner tried to explain that the religion was
about love, oneness, and peace and that all of the family members were living under one roof. After lunch, I spoke to the chaplain about my discomfort
in returning to the room as I
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How Does Memory Work Before Talking About What Goes Wrong?
The brain is an amazing organ of the body, it does a trillion things at once, but one of the simplest things that it does is memory. To stop and think
about what is memory and how does it work? What happens when something goes wrong and the brain cannot remember? How does a person live day
to day without a memory? How does memory work before talking about what goes wrong? To begin with memory like everything else in the body
there is a process that occurs; first it goes through "encoding, storage, and retrieval."(This is the process of memory, each are very important and it is
amazing how the brain deciphers what is going to stay in the long term memory or short term. First off is encoding, it is all about "sensory information
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Which means the person is thinking about the information constantly and that is what consciousness is or STM (short term memory). So what is
working memory? It is the information in the STM, for example, it is when a person is remembering a person 's number to call it is important for
that time being, but not important enough for LTM (long term memory). Basically STM is determining is the sensory message is important
enough, then working memory is for you memory to focus on it, but not fully remember just for a few seconds or minutes. Long term memory on
the other hand, it is much different from STM and working memory, LTM 's capacity to remember something is unlimited depending on how
important it is to the person. Using my example from working memory, remembering numbers if it is rehearsed enough, it will be put in long term
like you cell phone number that a person has taught themselves to remember. Then LTM is simplified into Nondeclarative or declarative, LTM
"include general facts and knowledge, personal facts, and even skills that can be performed"(pearson 230) Nondeclarative are memories how people
learned to do something like riding a bike or something a person will use in everyday life. Declarative is a memory where a person learned how to do
something else but declarative memories are more facts then are learning to do something. Then for declarative memories are
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Essay on Effective Instructions on Recall
Effective Instructions on Recall
Abstract
A study was conducted involving fifty students, randomly selected, that learned three lists of ten nouns. It was expected that the group receiving
narrative instructions would score higher than the group receiving the repetition instructions. Two minutes was allowed for each list. The control group
was assigned to learn the list of words by repeating them. The other group was randomly distributed tests with instructions that said to make a narrative
out of the nouns given in order, so that they could be recalled in that order. The test was conducted to confirm that instructions would aid the processes
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According to Weiton (2004) This involves forming a 'memory code', or connections with other information in storage. New information is encoded
when it is connected with existing information in the memory base, increasing its 'depth of processing'. For example, when making a 'memory code'
one might highlight how a word sounds or a visualization of that word. By connecting the word to other information (memories), it is stored more
efficiently.
Storage is the maintaining of encoded information in memory over time. Psychologists have mainly focused on what hinders or helps memory and as a
result there has been controversy as to how human beings maintain information. An older theory is the existence of long–term short–term memory
stores, yet a more recent view on memory is the levels of processing theory. What the levels of processing theory proposes is that These different
modes of encoding lead to separate depths of processing. The deeper the processing, the longer the information will stay in memory for use in recall.
Recall is the act of recovering information from memory storage. Studies in recovery have been focused on which strategies help in recovering
information from memory stores.
Craik and Lockhart (1972) describe short–term store (hereafter STS) as the memory in which information may be forgotten in less
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Alzheimer's Travel Anxiety Research Paper
Conquer Travel Anxiety: Tips For Traveling With Someone Who Has Alzheimer's Your travel experience with a friend who has Alzheimer's disease
can be a pleasure when the appropriate managed and detailed plans are in place before the trip begins. Before departure, supply your family with your
planned stops and expected times of arrival at each destination. Safety is paramount in any excursion. Get to know the abilities and preferences of your
passenger. Excursions in the early stages of dementia can be exhilarating, but later stages of this malady can make it overwhelming. Being introduced to
unfamiliar places can cause anxiety for the friend with Alzheimer's; ultimately, it may encourage disorientation and confusion. Stick to familiar routes.
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Even minor dehydration can easily be prevented. Take time to grocery shop for nutrient–dense, whole–food snacks. Natural vitamin C is not stored by
the body, so it needs to be replenished every few hours. You'll be glad you have fresh berries and raw vegetable strips for energy. A battery
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juicer can be the answer to quick power drinks, and it only requires a few minutes of your time. Create a Detailed Destination Plan Be sure to leave
copies with your friends that may agree to monitor your progress. Discuss any special needs ahead of time with motel staff to prepare them if you
should need assistance. Each added precaution makes the journey more enjoyable. If your companion is naturally a night owl, you may want to
schedule your major travel time in the nocturnal hours. Each small personality trait that is recognized has the potential to make the trip a pleasurable
vacation. Take Time To Copy Important Documents Make copies of important legal documents that you may need. They are easily tucked away in a
binder; although you may never need them, these items offer an added sense of security: physician's name and emergency contact number food or drug
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The Effects of Music on Memory Essay
It can be proven, through literary research and personal experiences, that music has a positive effect on learning and memory. It can be concluded that
these positive effects have an impact on patients with Alzheimer's, on the motor skills and auditory memory of mentally disabled children, on students
attempting to remember subject manner that they are learning, and on the affectivity of advertisements. On a personal note, music has facilitated my
ability to remember things, both positive and negative, a number of times. For example, in high school I memorized the days of the week in French by
singing them along with a tune that was already familiar to me. I have also had multiple experiences in which I remember things that I do not want...
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Therefore, picking music that a person with Alzheimer's listened to frequently during their younger years has resulted in strong responses from these
patients – meaning that the music provokes them to show more signs of engagement with external stimulants. This also means that in order to create
new forms of response in Alzheimer's patients, new and unfamiliar music should be used because it has not yet been tied to any old memories. In
addition to varying familiar and unfamiliar music when trying to conjure various positive responses in patients with Alzheimer's disease, it is also
beneficial to vary stimulating and sedative music genres. Stimulating music can help "promote movement" or "activate" patients. For example, playing
faster tempo music during dinner could help prevent the patient from falling asleep at the table. Sedative music, or music with slower tempo, calmer
rhythm, and little percussion, is good for relaxing the patient during activities that are usually agitating for them, or when they are trying to sleep.
However, opposite responses may occur depending on the associations that the patients may have formed in their memories with the specific music
(Clair). Along with varying music to achieve different beneficial results from Alzheimer's patients, there are many different activities that can help
engage and improve the mental state of patients with Alzheimer's from the early stages of the disease's
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The Ongoing Study of Alzheimer's Disease Essay
The Ongoing Study of Alzheimer's Disease
Article Summary Imagine your greatest fear of a loved one growing old. Could it be a fear of your dearest going through tremendous pain and
suffering, or perhaps just the fear of him or her dying? Now imagine that this loved one, with whom you have shared many wonderful memories, no
longer recognizes you. It kind of worries you a bit now, doesn't it? Although Alzheimer's disease can be very hard on those stricken and their
families, do not feel as if your case is a hopeless one. There are studies being conducted as to the cause and possible prevention methods of this
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In their first set of conclusions, they confirmed prior studies by noticing that those further educated were less likely to be susceptible. Researchers later
found that essays written in young life showing low idea density and grammatical complexity to be very strong indicators of a later problem with
Alzheimer's. They also found several factors unrelated to the subjects' writings which could contribute to the dementia of Alzheimer's disease. There
was evidence that those who had suffered from strokes and head trauma showed signs of dementia. They also attributed low levels of folic acid in
subject blood to Alzheimer's patients. Lastly, Snowdon and fellow researchers studied the emotions of the nuns. They found that those expressing more
positive emotions were more likely to live longer than those expressing negative emotions. To sum up, the Nun Study is breaking new important ground
on Alzheimer's disease.
Background Knowledge The book doesn't delve too deeply into the causes or prevention methods of Alzheimer's disease. It states that "[p] eople with
Alzheimer's disease, a devastating condition that leads to memory loss, personality changes, and eventual disintegration of all physical and mental
abilities, lose brain cells responsible for producing acetylcholine, and this deficit may
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Personal Narrative: My Trip To Walt Disney World
One memory that vividly sticks out in my mind from my childhood was that special summer when my parents told me we were going on a trip to
Disney World. It was in June of 2001 and I was twelve years old. My parents planned the trip six months in advance. As a child, it seemed as if the
time would never come. When it finally came time to pack and leave, I felt eager and excited. The night before our departure, I could not sleep at all.
My most memorable childhood experience is of going to Walt Disney World with myfamily and having a great time.Vacations with the family were
always joyous.Back on that warm summer day, my brother and I climbed into the van with my parents and grandmother to begin the road trip. My
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It took almost two hours to get to Orlando from Tampa. As the van rolled along the hills, rocking and swaying back and forth, I was elated with
thoughts of all the things we would do. I remember jumping around in the back seat with joy as we started to see signs for the park. When we
arrived at the park, pure bliss and amazement showed on our faces. We took a ferry boat from the parking lot to the entrance of the park. Once
inside the park, we headed for the rides. Some of my favorite rides were The Haunted Mansion, Thunder Mountain, and Splash Mountain. My
sibling and I were very thrilled and cheerful. Next, we visited Magic Kingdom to watch a parade of all the Disney characters. We were elated to
find out we would get to take pictures with Goofy, Mickey Mouse, and Donald the Duck. My parents purchased chicken tender meals. Also, we ate
snacks such as elephant ears and cotton candy. Grandma had given us money to buy extra junk that my parents would not buy. As the day began to
end, we started to get tired. Lastly we watched the fireworks and took last minute photos before heading to the car. I was very sad it was time to go
home the next
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Memory Retention Of The Presentation Information And Those...
We found that there was no significant difference between the memory scores of those who thought they had to teach the information and those who
were told nothing. Yet, a consistent trend was found with both dependent variables. Although the trend does not fall within the confidence band, it can
be considered a consistent trend because it is constant for all four different conditions. Refer to Figure 2, the memory scores were consistently lower
when white noise was present, regardless of which condition the participants were in. In addition, the anxiety levels were slightly higher when white
noise was present regardless of active or passive condition, refer to Figure 3. Our null hypothesis states that there will be no significant difference in
memory retention of the presentation information between those who are told they must teach the presentation right after and those who are not told
anything, and there will be no difference in anxiety levels when noise is introduced into the classroom. However, our study tested the hypothesis that
the potential of having to speak publicly would enhance memory retention. Yet, our results proved otherwise.
Opposite to what we hypothesized, the memory for all four groups remained relatively consistent with one another with respect to the active and
passive conditions. Anxiety did not have a major impact in boosting memory performance, even when white noise was in the background. We found
that from the perspective of the student,
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Power Of Music
Never Underestimate the Power of Music
Wait, what; no phone, no Instagram, no social media? What teenager wants to attend a class trip with no access to the social world they have grown
dependent on? Each year, the junior class at Bayside Academy embarks on a trip to Pine Mountain, Kentucky, with one rule rising above all others;
NO cell phones. Once the school year starts, planning begins for the Junior class trip, with the emphasis of the trip focused on promoting camaraderie
and creating a closeness between classmates. Needless to say, I didn't share excitement in planning the trip, as I detested the thought of being without
my phone for five days. The dreaded day arrived, and my class set off for Pine Mountain, Kentucky. Once we... Show more content on Helpwriting.net
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Musicians from our grade played the background music of the song, making it even more special to each of us. After a few days, practicing the class
song became a time we all looked forward to, whereas, in the beginning it was a chore. Each time we sang, the excitement grew in each of us, as we
were determined to be prepared for Christmas Together. Practice after practice, we struggled to recite each line correctly, concurrently working to
harmonize and sway to the tune. The time spent practicing "Brother" built a strong bond between our class; something I did not notice until the
completion of the trip.
As the trip came to an end, our arrival time approached. Our class decided to sing "Brother" one last time before leaving Pine Mountain, in
appreciation of the place that showed us how much we truly meant to one another. On the bus ride home, positive comments floated around about how
amazing the trip had been and how enjoyable all the activities were. Everyone came to the conclusion that the best part of the week was the time spent
singing together. After a nine–hour bus ride, we arrived back at Bayside, just in time for Christmas Together. The time had come to get on stage and
share the story of "Brother" with our school. Immediately after the tremendous performance, applause filled the building. I felt a sense of joy at the
appreciation of our performance, as the song meant so much to me personally. Shortly after
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Negative Effects Of Smartphones
Smartphone technology has become increasingly affordable and attainable over recent years and has overtaken other electronic devices as a means of
connecting with others on the internet. Owning a smartphone has become an expectation amongst younger generations, with up to 95% ownership
amongst adults below 40 years old. (Sensis, June 2016). The benefits of this small, versatile device are clear. Smartphones have massively improved
quality of life, especially through easing access to social media and information online. Consequently, many people are reliant on this device for daily
living with 45% of Australians stating "I can't live without my mobile phone". (Roy Morgan Single Source Australia, 2015–2016).
However, we may only now be observing the impact of these devices on our minds, particularly in human cognitive capacity.Cognition can be defined
through various constructs, in particular attentional focus (as measured by Stothart, Mitchum and Yehnert, 2015) andmemory (as measured by Sparrow,
Liu, and Wegner, 2011). Both papers show conclusive evidence that smartphones are detrimental to the cognitive ability of users.
Attention is defined as an allocative resource which is drawn upon by stimulus. These stimuli are termed exogenous if defined by their salience to the
environment or termed endogenous through the value assigned by the individual. Smartphones can detract from any on–hand task through their
exogenous alerts as it draws attention away from any task on
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What I Have Wonderful Memories Of Public Health Essay
Growing in the 80s in Lagos, Nigeria was what I equate to a game of public health Russian roulette; with waterborne illness such as cholera and
dysentery lurking is every other cup of water, or typhoid and other communicable disease residing in overcrowded buses and the ever growing fear of
inadequate access to care in the event of developing a chronic illness that could not be treated by over the counter antibiotics or medication from the
local chemist or herbalist. Nevertheless, I have wonderful memories of growing up in Lagos, Nigeria and two particular memories were ingrained in my
memory forever and have ultimately made my public health journey seem more like vocation than choice.
One of the memories was my earliest memories of learning to read English, in order to save money on bus fare, my mother and I would trek from
Shogunle to Oshodi, about a 2.5 mile walk to and from catching the bus to get to school and work. On this route were two giant billboards that we
encountered every day, and as we passed them, I remember trying to read the billboards and my mom helping to form the words; the first billboard
read "WAI: War Against indiscipline. NO liter, Queue, No noise, Stop corruption" and the second billboard read "Prevention is Better Than Cure." I
did not realize the prognostication impact of these two billboards until 25 years later when I was considering a master's degree in public health. The first
billboard was promoting an initiative that was developed by then
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Personal Narrative: Riding On The Verde Canyon
One of the best memories I have of my son and I together is when we took the Canyon Verde train. My son and I rode the Verde Canyon Railroad
when he was two years old during a beautiful October day. Riding on the Verde Canyon Railroad train is a wonderful memory I have of my son and
I, because it has a beautiful mountain view, my son had a wonderful time, and it was a relaxing day.
We saw gorgeous mountain views from the train. My son and I picked the open–view cars to experience the cool weather and beautiful views. I
remember clearly about the trip was the view of the Verde Canyon. We looked down into the canyon and saw a lush vegetation next to the gorgeous
Verde River. We also saw wildlife, for example, eagles. In addition to lovely views, it's a wonderfulmemory because of my son's excitement. ... Show
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My son was two years old and wanted to ride the trains at parks near are our home all the time. He watched Thomas the Train a great deal. Because
of his fascination with trains, I decided to find a real train to take him on a ride. I found the Verde Canyon Railroad, and he had the best day when we
took a ride. The train is beautifully designed and vintage style. The train had a little shop that sold candy so we stopped in bought some candy.
Afterward, we sat in the open–view area and enjoyed the cool temperatures and beautiful views. Connecting with nature brings joy for my son and I
like Sylvia Plath said in The Bell Jar "I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery–air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, 'This is what it is to be
happy." We were surrounded by stunning views on a train and this made us
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Memory Psychology
Memory
One of the human functions that is intriguing to me and makes people unique from each other is human memory. I am finding that through experiences
and what we remember from those experiences, our brain develops and humans form their interpretation of the world and the things around them based
on their memory. Our favorite films and the ones we dislike the most are part of the many things that we draw our conclusions from based on memory.
Knowing this can help me create more dynamic characters in my scripts because I can better form characters based on their memory. Whether it be the
style the cinematographer might have in his or her shot choice or simply the action that is present on the screen, memory of these aspects allows me ...
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The way that I view a solution like this is taking the easy way out. It seems for no matter what condition you are going through in this country, there
is nobody to sit and help you through a situation besides a bottle of pills. I don't know what should happen exactly as a solution, but if we know that
weaker emotion equals weaker memories than why can't a psychiatrist work with patients in doing what they are hoping the pill can do? I'm
personally apathetic in this area of study, but I feel strongly against the use of pills so regularly.
Flashbulb memories are a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event. This is intriguing to me how this works, but it most certainly
is true. I have talked with friends recently that I grew up with through grade school and we had one of those moments where I started a conversation
off with, "Remember that one time we were out on the playground and a guy was walking around outside with a shotgun and we had to go inside on
lockdown?" Of course they all remember that day and specific and minute things that happened during that time because of flashbulb memory.
After reading the chapter on memory I have become more aware on how the mind remembers things. I always told myself growing up that studying
things I "already knew" was completely pointless, but it turns out that you are still learning just by continuing to review. I am going to have to
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Artistic Voice Essay
Artistic Voice
Authors have a distinct identity that you recognize when you read their work of art. The qualities and aspects of a text that give an author a distinct
identity as an artist are known as their artistic voice. Denise Levertov and Anne Sexton both use different themes in their poetry that separate them from
other poets. Denise Levertov writes about the unknown and the unsaid in life. Anne Sexton distinguishes herself by writing about her family, loves, and
her emotional tragedies. Sandra Cisneros wrote a novel called The House on Mango Street that contained a different setup than most novels. It was
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Meaning those problems that occur in the marriage will not just disappear when you kiss and make up. In the second stanza she is using communion to
express how a spouse if looking for communication with their partner and is being turned away "each by each." Levertov refers to society as a
leviathan in the third stanza. She also talks about how the couple is looking for joy in their relationship, but they do not want it to be known that things
are not working out with them. In the last stanza Levertov uses to "the ark of" to explain the survival of marriage. Everyone feels that marriage is a
delightful experience; choosing to ignore the reality of struggles that relationships must deal with. Levertov took the one–sided view that people hold
of marriage and exemplified the realistic problems that people tend to forget.
When Anne Sexton writes her poetry she writes to make the reader feel what she is writing. Sexton tends to write about her own experiences and
events in other women's lives. In Anne Sexton's Unknown Girl in the Maternity Ward, she uses a language to express a mother's pain and anger after
she gave birth to her fatherless child:
And now that's that. There is nothing more that I can say or lose.
Others have traded life before and could not speak. I tighten to refuse your owling eyes, my fragile visitor.
I touch your cheeks, like
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Still Alice
I Forget That I Have Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease is a familiar sight to me. I had a sad experience during my work as a nurse in my country Colombia and Spain with Alzheimer
disease patients. Day by day I came to know each patient's story because every day they were living the moment without remember the last minute.
This is also what happened to Lisa Genova's novel Still Alice. The protagonists is a 50 year old woman, a very well organized, efficient,
highly–educated, and smart Harvard professor, wife of a successful man, and the mother of three grown children, who has diagnosed with early–onset
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At the beginning she is angry and depressed with herself because she is forgetting everything that she needs to remember every day, such as a
simple and common word. Her emotional changes also affect her relationships with others and her own feelings, because she has a negative behavior
with others when she yells or says a word of anger. I think is the way how she shows that she is trying to avoid what is happening in her life with an
incurable disease that changes the direction of her life. She feels frustration about her memory problems because gradually she has a restriction of
freedom that means she loses privacy and independence in each activity she wants to do. We cannot imagine what she is feeling when she is
losing everything she learned, all the way back to basic activities such as the skill to walk, eat, or even use the bathroom. Alice feels frustrated
about what she is living, because it is a way to say she is stigmatized with this disease as though she were already dead. On the other hand, and in a
positive way, she begins to enjoy her life when she shares more time with her family. She feels curiosity about a future of her children and grandchild,
and then she wants to live to enjoy everything, despite she would "be incapable of remembering and executing this kind of plan." (Genova 118). She
creates a simple test and games to remember simple things of her life, and she can
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Project M2 : False Memory
Project M2: False Memory
Literature review.
This project is based on false memory and asks the question, "Will words that are presented visually evoke false recall of an associated word more
than if words are presented aurally?" False memory has been defined as, "A mental experience that is mistakenly taken to be a veridical
representation of an event from one's personal past. Memories can be false in relatively minor ways, believing one last saw the keys in the kitchen
when they were in the living room or in major ways that have profound implications for oneself and others like, mistakenly believing one is the
originator of an idea or that one was sexually abused as a child (Smelser & Baltes, 2001, p. 5254). How memory works is an important area that
psychologist have been searching for answers to since the early 1950's and has led to some controversial theories.
Baddeley (2001) suggests a working memory system which consists of four components; a modality–free central executive, a phonological loop which
holds information in speech based form, a visuo–spatial sketchpad and an episodic buffer which is the temporary storage system that holds and
integrates information from the phonological loop, visuo–spatial sketchpad and long–term memory (Eysenck & Keane, 2005).
Research into false memory has been carried out to determine how reliable the memory can be. Loftus (2003) looked at eyewitness memory and how
accurate it can be. In one study Loftus showed films of traffic
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  • 1. Essay on Comparison of Into My Heart and I remember I... Comparison of Into My Heart and I remember I remember Both poems are about the past and are similar in many ways, but "I remember, I remember" seems much more upbeat about the past than "into my heart" A.E. Housman's poem describes the " lost content" of a speaker who is made unhappy when he realises the happy times he had when he was young are gone forever. In Thomas Hood's poem the speaker is also made unhappy when he is made aware that he can never re–visit those happy times he experienced as a child. They both explain the same idea in a different way; "Into my heart" makes its point in an obviously sombre way, but " I remember I remember " creates two moods: a happy and bucolic mood with images of his beautiful ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The " far country" symbolises time rather than distance. It is a memory from a long time ago that is very different from the life that the speaker is now leading. The memories seem happy because the symbolic landscape is rural and idyllic. This landscape has hills, farms and spires, which suggest that the speaker once led a simple life, which is very different from the life he is now leading, and a life to which he can never return. "I remember, I remember" uses a child's perspective to represent the past: the "little window" where the sun came "peeping" in at morn, and he thought the "fir trees dark and high" were "close against the sky" because that is how gigantic they mu st seem, to a child who is not yet fully grown. Each stanza focuses on a different detail of his past, but they all use the same structure, in every stanza a pleasant memory is said, followed by how upset he is that he can never experience it again, in Fact he is so upset that he wants to die and there are many references to death in the poem: "I often wish the night had borne my breath away!" and " [The] summer pools could hardly cool the fever on my brow!" are just two examples. His memories are full of bright colours and natural imagery, the reds and whites, roses, violets and lilies, swallows, feathers, summer pools and fresh air, all help to make the speakers memories more vivid and fresh. The speaker's memories are
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  • 3. Human Memory : Malleable Memory Malleable Memories Maybe people shouldn't trust their memories. Human Memories From long time ago, humans have tried to find out what memory is, and how it works. But no one thought about that will memories goes wrong. The study of human memory can be traced back 2,300 years, Aristotle first gave his understand and analysis of memory. Everyone knows that memory is an important part of our lives, but it is also one of the most elusive parts of human. If people compare life to a wonderful movie, the memory is a tiny private cinema locates in the human brain, which full of the images they've seen and scenes they've been through everyday. When people try to recall a footage of someday, the neural computer system with large capacity will find... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In later experiments, Loftus showed people a simulation of a car accident, then she asked the participants questions about the scene, some were given a question that mentions a yield instead of a stop sign while some saw a question with consistent information. Later, those who were misinformed were about 20% more likely to incorrectly report that they saw a yield sign compared to those who received the correct information. Loftus has convinced people that they saw a stop sign. This study shows a truth of memory –– it can be shaped. Each time people remember a memory, they are actually rebuilding it using those memory traces and your own guesswork. That is why psychologist Elizabeth Loftus compares memory to a Wikipedia page, "you can go in there and change it, but so can other people," she explained. If somebody says something with strong emotion and many details, it doesn't mean that it really happened. People need independent analysis to find out that is it a real memory rather than the product of imagination or under influences. Eyewitness Testimony Theoretically, eyewitnesses can provide very convincing legal testimony, but their memories are easy to various errors and biases. Loftus, as an expert, uses what she has learned to testify in hundreds of criminal cases, she told people that memory is pliable and flexible, narrations of eyewitness are far away from ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 4. Analysis Of The Film ' Antwone Fisher ' Good Morning Gentleman and Ladies – I appreciate the DA giving me an opportunity to speak to you. I have read the background information on your specific case. Today's presentation will present on overview of the research concerning false memories and how such findings could apply to this particular case. I will then outline some situations that are known to increase the likelihood of false memories and end with strategies that may reduce the occurrence of false memories By way of introduction – and if you will indulge my brief nod to Hollywood – this is often how the issue of memory is portrayed by popular media. In the 2002 film, Antwone Fisher, Denzel Washington plays a military psychologist who is tasked with evaluating the mental health of recently demoted seaman, Antwone Fisher. As the film goes on Denzel Washington discovers (along with the rest of us) Antwone Fisher's highly traumatized past. Through the cinematic use of multiple flashback scenes Antwone is gradually brought back to "the scene of the crime" seemingly remembering such details as the overall abuse in addition to the exact placement of holes in the wall or buckets on the floor or shirt he was wearing. In other words, the flashback scenes depict a kind of grand narrative of absolute truth that we, as viewers don't question. Antwone Fisher simply needed a nudge by a safe, albeit stern father figure in order to remember it all. Additionally the film is bookended by a dream sequence of a young ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 5. Tintern Abbey: Seeing into the Life of Things Essay Tintern Abbey: Seeing into the Life of Things What does Wordsworth see when he 'sees into the life of things?'; Remember that in the lines leading up to his portrayal of the 'blessed mood'; that gives him sight, Wordsworth has been pointing to the power of human memory and reflection. And the importance of memory and reflection are made plain by the shifting time perspectives in the poem. The poem begins with the speaker on the banks of the Wye for the first time in five years. At first the poet emphasizes the way in which his present experience is similar to that of five years ago. More than once he tells us that 'again'; he has certain experiences in this secluded spot, a ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... They come so freely from us that it is only in retrospect that we recognize them for what they were. However they are the true measure of what we are, and what we are is determined in large part by what we remember of our lives, by the shape we give our lives in memory. It is the recollection of good memories, the naming of nameless pleasures, that help make us the kind of people who commit nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love. So the mood that leads the author to see into the life of things begins with recollection and memory, of pleasures of good deeds. But these memories occur in what seems like and otherwise dreary time for the author, when he is weary and lonely. They occur in times when the 'fever of the world'; has burdened the author, when his worries have lead him to fruitless endeavors, and when he has suffered from the 'evil tongues,'; 'rash judgments,' and 'the sneers of selfish men'; he points to later in the poem. Memories of the Wye raise the author's spirits, and distance him from the concerns of his daily life. The author is able to step back and look at himself from above. The vision he presents of the soul leaving the body is not one of death but of release from the concerns of every day life. The author's soul floats above his body. From ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 6. Description Of My Favorite Places To Go As A Child One of my favorite places to go as a child was in the reservoir with my family. We would start packing a few days before we left, first my brother's and I would go to school on a Friday afterward we would go camping. Every time I would hurry home because I was ready to go camping. When I was little I felt that my family and I went camping every day even though it wasn't. I have many memories of camping. I love to go camping because you can smell the lake, or you can start a fire which smells amazing. Waking up in the morning unzipping thetent and getting out to be able to see the forests are wonderful. Sometimes my brother and I will sit in the woods watch boats and jet skis go by. While you are falling asleep, you hear animals such as coyotes or if someone had dogs you will hear them. When I wake up in the morning to the birds chirping is amazing. Waking up in the morning when my mom was in the middle of cooking potatoes, eggs, and sausage for breakfast you could smell it, it was the best smell to wake up to. She would make hot cocoa which made it ten times better. Some days my family and I would go fishing in the daytime, every day at night we would go fishing till 3:00 sometimes earlier. If my brother and I were bored we would go into a forest and play a game such as hide and go seek, or tag. I know I few times my brother and I would build forts out of trees and sticks. Once we went camping while it was raining, therefore, we put this canopy up and we played board games ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 7. Analysis Of The Limey 's ' The Limey ' Sudden events such as a loved one passing away can shatter someone's sense of order; it can push towards nostalgia and further alienate from everything. When getting lost in these memories, we visualize the actions that we could have done and the actions that could have been avoided in order to bring more happiness to the lost loved one. Nevertheless, a sudden loss also has the power to free us after all the meditation. It might help us appreciate again the world, help us grow and become receptive again. Soderbergh's non–linear story "The Limey" shows precisely this through the exploration of the main character's stream of consciousness and his complex notion of moral character. The whole film is the recollection of Wilson's messy memories where his past co–exists with his present, therefore it is told from his point of view. Due to this he is often shown in a meditative state either smoking or with his head looking down in regret. An "unexpected–like" tragic event was what dragged Wilson to LA after 9 years of prison. Wilson is the main character in the film; He is an old–looking Englishman who has just lost his daughter, Jenny, in a tragic car accident. Wilson suspects about his daughter's death, therefore he decides to further investigate. As soon as his airplane lands he sets out to go meet Ed Roel, the guy who sent him the letter, which contained the newspaper clipping about her daughter's death. With Ed's help he then discovers Jenny was romantically involved with a ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 8. The Biology Of Memory Disorders 1.The biology of memory is very important and if someone were to have a problem with their memory that could make their daily life difficult. The hippocampus, limbic system, and amygdala are critical to memory and if these were damage they could cause memory disorders. Memory disorders are diseases that impair our ability to recall everyday events. There are numerous memory disorders a person could have. For example, amnesia is a common memory disorder. The most common types of amnesia are retrograde amnesia and anterograde amnesia. Retrograde amnesia is when a person loses some memories of their past, and on the other hand, anterograde amnesia is when a person loses the capacity to form new memories. There has been many case studies about amnesia and by far one of the best–known people with it was a man with the initials H.M. The doctors removed a big chunk of his temporal lobe and after the surgery, he could recall almost no new information. Later, when researchers examined his brain they realized his hippocampus was damage and this was why he had amnesia. Another well–known memory disorder is Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease is becoming a more common memory disorder in elderly people as the years continue. This disease occurs at an alarming rate, in fact, one American develops Alzheimer's disease every 72 seconds. The losses of Alzheimer's disease are both language and memory related. First Alzheimer's patients began to lose their most recent memories and then ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 9. My Experience With A Lifeguard At The Winner City Pool In my eighteen years of my life, this summer has surely been the most memorable. It was filled with countless wonderful memories during these past three months. This summer was filled with loads of amusement, excitement, nerves, and sadness. Summer started one week early, however, other than that it was to an extent, the same as the other summers. I spent a vast deal of my time working, with my friends and family, and in the gym. This year marked my fourth year working as a lifeguard at the Winner city pool. Each year I have worked, we only jumped in for kids around three times the entire summer, and this year we jumped in over ten times. I jumped into the deep side of the pool, which is twelve feet deep and grab a little boy who started sinking after he jumped off the diving board. It was not strenuous for the sake of him being light and I could just grab his arm and pull him to the ladder, however, it made me insanely scary, and I was a little shaken up afterwards. Also, this year I accomplished my third year of private swimming lessons. Usually I teach around ten to twelve lessons a summer and this year I doubled that and had twenty–seven kids for lessons. Scheduling lessons this year was not effortless, in consideration of working at the pool and teaching kids basically consumed my summer. This past summer was comparable to the past summers. I was with my friends and family tons. Sunday nights were the nights my friends and I would drive to the outdoor movie theater, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 10. Literature Review On Physical Activity The purpose of this literature review is to summarize current research regarding physical activity and its effects on Alzheimer Disease (AD). Alzheimer's is a disease that causes a decline in memory and cognitive abilities. It is estimated that the number of people living with Alzheimer's will rise to 115.4 million people by 2050 (Cyarto et al., 2010). Much research is trying to find an end to Alzheimer Disease, but has resulted in no cure as of yet. Alzheimer's impacts many people and exercise could potentially be a wonderful tool to help decrease symptoms and decrease rates. The following literature review provides 10 study results and an overview of the affects exercise has on patients with Alzheimer's. The first study by Cyarto et al. (2010) obtained 230 community participants who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer Disease to participate in their study. The participants were obtained through local physicians,memory clinics, specialists and advertising flyers. These participants were randomly assigned to a moderate physical activity group or a sedentary group. The study was 24 weeks long and included questionnaires to help document the results. Results determined that the non–exercise group had higher scores on the Alzheimer disease Assessment scale, which indicates decreased cognitive function. A study done by Morris et al. (2017) also obtained participants through public advertisements, community talks, physicians and various databases. Unlike the previous study, this ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 11. Brain Memory Research Paper When it comes to the human brain most people do not understand that the body relies on the brain for everything. From moving to jumping to the smalls thing like blinking of the eyes. The research that interest me was that the brain does everything, and controls everything. The brain is made up of three very important components and they are called, the cerebrum, the cerebellum and the brain stem. These very important components are in charge of breathing, digestion, heart rate, attention, language, emotional and feeding, drinking, sexual response, aggression and pleasure. This is everything that the body needs and have for the body to function. This paper will discuss the brain, how the memory process is intertwined with the most important ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The brain controls the little thing from eye movement to something as big as the way we jump. Without the brains direction every movement we as human would not survive. As children we learn and experience life, and when those moments become special to us they stay with us forever. Until, of Couse when it is that time for us to go to heaven. Some people memory will disintegrate cause by Alzheimer or if you are born with it Huntington disease. No, one knows what will happen when they get older, but the only thing that we need stays with us is our memories of our first and our families. When that leaves us, we as humans do not feel in control of our bodies anymore. In an inhumane way these are signs from the brain letting the body know that our life is coming to an end. So even when the memories go we will have our families to help us always remember what we lost. The families will never forget who that person once was in their life. Remembering, your life is the best gift that God gives us, and sharing that gift with other makes it more wonderful. So just because we may lose it at some point in life does not mean others will have lost that memory of who you were as a ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 12. Essay on Memory in Exile: Eva Hoffman's "Lost in Translation" Eva Hoffman's memoir, Lost in Translation, is a timeline of events from her life in Cracow, Poland– Paradise – to her immigration to Vancouver, Canada – Exile – and into her college and literary life – The New World. Eva breaks up her journey into these three sections and gives her personal observations of her assimilation into a new world. The story is based on memory – Eva Hoffman gives us her first–hand perspective through flashbacks with introspective analysis of her life "lost in translation". It is her memory that permeates through her writing and furthermore through her experiences. As the reader we are presented many examples of Eva's memory as they appear through her interactions. All of these interactions evoke memory, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Because they were the first things, the incomparable things, the only things. It's by adhering to the contours of a few childhood objects that the substance of ourselves – the molten force we're made of – molds and shapes itself." (74). The changes create a world of comparisons – knowing the world of paradise in Cracow presents an instant dichotomy with that of her newly uncharted American culture. Eva presents many examples of the differences between the two cultures. The significant difference is, of course, the language barrier. Eva explains her actual loss in translation – that the words of Eva's native language don't hold the same meaning as that of the words in English. She explains, "'River' in Polish was a vital sound, energized with the essence of riverhood, of my rivers, of my being immersed in rivers. 'River' in English is cold – a word without an aura. It has no accumulated associations for me, and it does not give off the radiating haze of connotation. It does not evoke" (106). This loss of meaning is omnipresent in all of American culture in Eva's eyes. Eva laments that, "I have no interior language, and without it, interior images – those images through which we assimilate the external world, through which we take it in, love it, make it our own – become blurred too" (108). Due to this ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 13. Theatre Critique Of Friday Night Cafe 's The Yellow Wallpaper Theatre Critique of Tuesday Night CafГ©'s The Yellow Wallpaper Even before taking their seats in the theatre the audience is transported into the constraining and chaotic mind of our protagonist, Jane. Jane has been locked in in a room with yellow wallpaper by her husband as "treatment" for her hysteria. Her hysteria is played by a nameless character beside her. In combination with symbolic blocking, the set and dГ©cor of this production create the perfect environment to capture the inner turmoil of Jane and her relationship with the madness. One expects when walking past the doors of a theatre to encounter a stage and perhaps someplace to sit. However, when walking through the theatre doors one is confronted by a fabric wall and a dark hallway created by hanging pieces of yellow curtains and blankets stitched together with visible seams and patterns overlapping haphazardly. The people you saw enter before you disappear and you're confronted by the question of where to go next. You walk along the dark makeshift hallway until you find an open wooden door, through which you finally see the stage and realize that you were only a few feet away from it the entire time. This makes up the audience's first interaction with the The Yellow Wallpaper. This design choice was a seamless way to draw audiences into the story and the mindset of the characters within the play. In surrounding the stage and audience with the "yellow wallpaper" the theatre experience becomes more intimate. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 14. The Outsider in Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea... The "Outsider" in Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea and Wonderful Fool The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea Wonderful Fool In designing the characters in a novel, frequently, an author includes a character who finds himself on the outside of the accepted society. This outsider character often finds himself at a disadvantage. The mere fact that he is unfamiliar in his society tends to create problems for the character to solve. After solving these problems, the character leaves behind a lasting effect on at least one other character, both of whom have changed dramatically due to the influence of the outsider. In YukioMishima's novel The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, the character Ryuji Tsukazaki... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Ryuji's discontent with land was quite evident while he spent time with Ryuji and Fusako. Having never had a strong family, Ryuji felt out of place in their household. As he first became assimilated into Noboru's life, Ryuji felt on the outside, unaccepted and disapproved of by Noboru. In the beginning, in an attempt to downplay his manhood Noboru described the sailor as "not such a big man" (Mishima 11). As the novel progresses, largely due to the influence of the gang, Noboru grows to hate Ryuji, and further the gap between Ryuji and Noboru. For Ryuji, this lack of respect exhibited by Noboru is devastating. Ryuji sensed Noboru's need to have a "real man" as a role model, and spent his time attempting to build the bridge between the two, and manufacture a bond which both of them were satisfied with. In a backfired attempt to bond with Noboru, Ryuji tries to impress Noboru and his gang by attempting to relate to their youthfulness. He tries to show the he, too, could go to the park and have a good time, just as the boys could. However, the problem only worsened due to this action. Noboru was so appalled that Ryuji would do such a thing as to admit to his taking a bath in a fountain. He imagined Ryuji living up to his courageous reputation and offering as an anecdote "I rescued a woman who had thrown herself off the pier" ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 15. Memory Lane Short Story Memory Lane Fictional Narrative Mason was very outgoing. He had brown hair and blue eyes. He always wanted to go and explore. He always loved his family, especially his brother Collin who was the complete opposite of him. Colin was a redhead with brown eyes. One day, specifically September 23, 2015, Mason was just driving around looking for a way to pass time. He drove around Pennsylvania thriving for something to do in his spare time On his way, he noticed a sign that lead into a cave that looked suspicious and the sign said, "Memory Lane." Even though the cave looked dangerous and suspicious, Mason still decided to go into the suspicious looking cave and take a look around. Once he entered the cave about fifteen feet in, the walls started to glow and light up with many colors and he thought, "What is going on here?" As Mason looked at the walls, he saw himself as a baby. It seemed as if the cave was a theatre. Before he knew it, the walls were already showing himself as a teenager that was thirteen years old. Mason kept watching his memories on the walls play his life before his eyes. Mason was so mesmerized that he didn't even realize the cave was filling up with water. He had reached the point where he was seeing himself in the cave watching the memories. Soon, as he was only 24 years old, the walls showed memories that were from when he seemed to be thirty. After realizing that the memories he was seeing were memories he didn't experience yet, he thought, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 16. The Tip Of The Tongue Abstract The tip–of–the–tongue (or TOT) phenomenon is the inability to retrieve a specific word, while typically knowing quite a lot of information about it. In recent years, experimental psychologists interested in human memory have studied the TOT phenomenon in the hope of better understanding why this mental process is interrupted as well as any useful techniques for overcoming it. This paper describes two sets of experiments held at separate American universities. The first set of experiments investigates which phonological components are capable of facilitating word retrieval. The second assesses how often a group of subjects could retrieve rare target words on the basis of their definition alone, while simultaneously comparing semantic and phonological cues for the target words. The Tip of the Tongue Phenomenon: A Momentary Inability to Retrieve Words Stored in OurMemory The tip–of–the–tongue (or TOT) is an experience involving difficulty retrieving a specific word or name, while knowing that it is stored in your memory. Individuals experiencing the TOT phenomenon tend to recall one or more features of the target word, such as the number of syllables it is comprised of, or its initial sound and letter. People in this state report feelings of anguish and frustration when searching for the word, and a sense of relief when the word is finally found. For example, in conversation or in writing you might have had the experience of trying, but failing to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 17. Alzheimer 's Disease : A Progressive Disease Alzheimer's Disease is a progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental functions. Brain cells in Alzheimer's disease dies and degenerate causing the loss of memory and mental functions. Alzheimer's is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S.A. Alzheimer's Disease is named after Dr. Abis Alzheimer. In 1906, Dr. Alzheimer noticed changes in the brain tissue of a lady who had died of an unusual mental illness that was very unknown. The woman 's' symptoms included memory loss, language problems, and unpredictable behavior that people with Alzheimer's have almost often of times. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia in this world and it's thought to be the most progressive disease of all diseases. Also this disease gets progressively worse over time. The majority of people with Alzheimer's are sixty–five years old or older, however, almost five percent of the people have early–onset Alzheimer's. Early–Onset Alzheimer 's is known as Alzheimer 's at a younger age which appears at the ages of forties and fifties. In early stage Alzheimer's, memory lost is very mild. With late Alzheimer's, individuals lose the ability to carry on conversations and respond to their environment. People with Alzheimer's often live an average of eight years after their symptoms become noticeable to others. There are major symptoms to Alzheimer's disease, however, main symptoms that you may notice is memory loss and confusion. Overtime, the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 18. Memories : One Of The Greatest Gift Of Life Memories are one of the greatest gifts in life; bad memories are there for you to look back on and grow stronger, whereas the good memories wrap around you, and bring a smile to your face. Essentially our essence is built upon a collection of memories, from your first word to when you say "I do" to the person of your dreams. So if the life you built is held together by memories, what happens when the foundation starts to crumble, do you become an empty shell? It all started suddenly, without any indication of what was to come. At first it was little things, like forgetting where I left my cotton slippers at and where I left the car keys. Gradually things escalated. I started getting paranoid, suspecting that someone was messing with my things. I started to suspect that my husband of 12 years, James was playing tricks on me, by hiding my phone. I ended up confronting James, accusing him of being jealous of me talking to my friends. He strongly denied having anything to do with the missing phone, saying that "I lost my marbles". A week later, Sarah my nine–year old daughter found the stupid phone that had evaporated my trust of my loving husband. Turns out the phone was in between the loaves of sourdough and whole wheat. From that moment on things only got harder. I felt as if I was stuck in a dream. All of my memories were shrinking and I didn't understand why. Afterall, I was in pretty good shape since I went to the gym often and I just turned 40 not to long ago. Right now, I should be enjoying my life, I am happily married, I have a beautiful daughter and handsome little boy, I just got promoted, and we are comfortable financially. James, kept assuring me that everything was fine he would say, "You just need to relax. You've been working so hard lately at work and you're probably stressed with Derek starting kindergarten". It was true, I have been working extremely hard at work trying to get that promotion. Also, I was a little nervous about Derek, my little boy starting school. James had a way of making me feel much better about this whole situation but I still could not shake the feeling that something was off. Last month was the worst time my mind had ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 19. Senior Project Paper: Music Therapy used on Alzheimer's... Courtney Everette Ms. Askue August 26, 2014 English IV Music Therapy Introduction: Ever since I was a little girl, I've observed people playing music around me. My family is musically inclined, which I believe is the reason I've been drawn to it. In 2006, I began taking guitar lessons but I never had much interest in playing. Things changed in 2009, and I wished to be different. I wanted to be good at something so I began to teach myself guitar and have stuck with the guitar until now. In 2010, I began to play on my church's worship team and I enjoyed it very much. I have now been a worship leader for the past four years and it's something I love to do. I love it so much that for the past two years I have gone to Camp Electric to ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... So how did Alzheimer's come to be? How was it discovered? In 1906, German Physician Alois Alzheimer, began to link symptoms to microscopic brain changes. When he began an autopsy on his first Alzheimer's patient, Auguste Deter, Alzheimer saw dramatic shrinkage and abnormal deposits in and around her nerve cells. In 1910, the disease was named after him because of the great discovery he made that would change history forever. In 1931, the electron microscope was invented and this allowed for further exploration of the brain and how it is affected by this disease (Hippius). Something that may be as simple as just observing the brain and analyzing minor changes might seem small but it changed the future. Doctors are now able to recognize the symptoms of Alzheimer's and diagnose the disease properly. The symptoms will be able to place the individual into their correct stage of the disease. There are seven stages, all which gain momentum over time. The Reisberg Scale states that the first stage is the underlying disease but no symptoms in which case the individual seems to be normal. The first stage is easy to look over if the individual isn't expecting it, which is common when one obtains early–onset Alzheimer's. In stages 2–4 the individual begins to have memory lapses, trouble coming up with names and forgetting recent events, all of which would simply indicate stressed–out ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 20. The Theme Of Memories In Toni Morrison's Beloved In the novel Beloved by Toni Morrison, memories are seen as powerful instruments which haunt the characters throughout the narrative. During the institution of slavery, slaves were dehumanised and treated subordinately. This novel asserts the fact that slaves were actually human beings, by exploring the ways that they had to endure the disturbing and traumatic memories of it, and still find ways to live. In the article 'Four Hundred Years of Silence: Myth, History and Motherhood in Toni Morrison's Beloved', Sally Keenan explores "the need to remember and to tell and the desire to forget, memories with an inexhaustible and monstrous power to erupt and overwhelm the mind but which must somehow be laid aside if life is to continue" (48). By this Keenan means that the novel accentuates the difficulty that the characters face in order to forget their painful memories, which at the same time cannot be disremembered. The urge to forget is complicated as it becomes laden with the feelings of pain, guilt, shame and fear, which eventually leads to an assumption that the traumatic memories cannot be forgotten. In the first section I will discuss "the need to remember and to tell", and ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In this extract Beloved is gone due to the coming together of the community, and now there is a possibility for life to carry on. The narrator says, "They forgot her like a bad dream". A "bad dream" is something frightful that only exists in someone's mind, therefore it is not real. Beloved however, is real and the community tries to "lay" the memory of her aside by pretending that she never existed. The reason for this is because although Beloved is Sethe's memory of her horrifying experience, she also reminds them of their own personal experiences brought about by ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 21. Memory Lane : A Fictional Narrative : Memory Lane Memory Lane Fictional Narrative One day, specifically September 23, 2015, Mason was just driving around looking for a way to pass time. On his way, he noticed a sign that lead into a cave that looked suspicious and the sign said, "Memory Lane." Mason decided to go into the suspicious looking cave and take a look around. Once he entered the cave about fifteen feet in, the walls started to glow and light up with many colors and he thought, "What is going on here?" As Mason looked at the walls, he saw himself as a baby. It seemed as if the cave was a theatre. Before he knew it, the walls were already showing himself as a teenager that was thirteen years old. Mason kept watching his memories on the walls play his life before his eyes. Mason was so mesmerized that he didn't even realize the cave was filling up with water. He had reached the point where he was seeing himself in the cave watching the memories. Soon, as he was only 24 years old, the walls showed memories that were from when he seemed to be thirty. After realizing that the memories he was seeing were memories he didn't experience yet, he thought, "Great, now my whole life is spoiled!" Even though his life was being spoiled, Mason kept on watching. Soon Mason started laughing at a memory from the future where he tried asking a girl out and got rejected. The memories seemed to now be when he was 38. He had seen himself getting married to the same girl that rejected him as well. At one point, Mason ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 22. The Effects Of Cognitive Deficits On Children Children in institutional care such as foster care or adoption are at a heightened risk for poor psychosocial outcomes. These risks include psychopathology, substance abuse, juvenile delinquency, academic failure and problems with peers. Their poor performance may result from their experiences of either maltreatment or abuse. Given that this population of children has poor long term outcomes, their deficits in cognitive functioning will assist in the development of more suitable interventions and psychotherapeutic treatment services. This study examined deficits in memory using a sample of 5 to 12–year old maltreated foster/adoption children (n=20) and a comparison group of same–aged, nonmaltreated children living with their biological ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Since this is a huge problem in the legal system, there has been a huge debate on whether or not the reports of recovering memories of abuse can be authentic, since human memory is susceptible to distortion. These types of memories can either help or hurt people in the system for example prosecuting an innocent person who was accused of being an abuser. However, very few studies have been done on the population of at risk children such as those in foster care or adoption. Children in foster care and adoption are a unique group that deserves research recognition. This population of children faces a long–term life of consequences because of the maltreatment, abuse and neglect. The importance of being able to understand what child maltreatment and neglect is crucial because of the danger it can cause a child. Child maltreatment is an urgent public health problem for many reasons. This paper expects to investigate the negative effects of early maltreatment/abuse on social and psychological functioning. Literature Review Emotion Understanding and Theory of Mind At risk children such as maltreated and abused children are at a higher risk of poor psychosocial outcomes such as substance abuse, juvenile delinquency, academic failure, and future problems with peer relations (Pears & Fisher, 2005). This study looked at the deficits in memory abilities among abused and maltreated children and suggested that being in foster care was ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 23. Dreams And Its Effects On Our Lives Dreams are one hell of a thing, while we rest our brains are all over the place with thoughts and ideas that we would never dare express with anyone. Everything we think about could be recycled into our dreams. Dreams in a way are rather magical; it is everything we want played in a short film for our entertainment while our body recovers from the day. The brain can be funny sometimes and pull pranks on you with nightmares to keep you on your toes. Dreams sometimes make us dwell on things that happened throughout the day. People claim that you can control your dreams by doing a variety of little things before you fall asleep what people are trying to achieve is called lucid dreaming. People believe that dreams are foreshadowing an event that will occur in the near future this is referred commonly to DГ©jГ vu. Do not worry we will go over everything much more extensively. I will cover the pros and cons of each topic. You are walking through the safari jungle and out of nowhere an alien that goes by Ronaldo lands in front of you and is telling you to hop into his intergalactic spaceship and flight co–pilot with your math teacher from 3rd grade, so you obviously hop in and fly off into the distant sky... Just before things are about to get interesting, your alarm/parents will like always ruin it and wakes you up. At this point, you are too upset that you have to go to school that the memory of that kick ass dream was just whisked away and to never be fully remembered despite your ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 24. The Studies Of Music And How It May Not Help The Alzheimer... In order to understand how the studies of music and how it may or may not help the Alzheimer's disease (AD) one would need the background of it. AD is a progressive neurological disease that leads to deterioration in cognitive abilities. People with AD encounter a progressive decline in their neurological capabilities, which manifest in language deficits, among other cognitive difficulties. The main failures in speech include naming difficulties, verbal fluency deficit, comprehension problems, and deterioration of spontaneous speech. People with AD tend to have discourse deficits, which include empty phrases, indefinite words, and repetitions. The speech of a person with the deficits is difficult for an interlocutor to follow. Thus, theses progressive language failures can lead people with AD to isolation. Due to their progressive inability to communicate, people with AD need interventions that address their communication needs and help prevent social isolation (Dass, A., & Amir, D. 2014). Increased social interaction can improve quality of life by enabling people with AD to remain socially engaged. Communication trainings include active instruction such as role playing and analyzing video observations of conversations with people with AD. Computer based systems are also used, providing multimedia stimuli. Reminiscence therapy uses the intact long–term memory that enabling people with AD to engage in a conversation about their past experiences (Dass, A., & Amir, D. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 25. Reminisence In See Me Nurse Reminiscing is a wonderful art of reviving a soul and bringing forth a spirit of youth. According to Tabloski (2014), reminiscence encompasses a recollection of satisfying memories or circumstances, delivering comfort and support. As a critical care nurse, a gerontologic population dominates my unit. In working with the elderly, I utilize reminiscence to connect with my patients. When patients begin to reminisce, I observe joy, pride, happiness, smiles, emotions, a deep sense of meaning, laughter, and animated faces. I notice that at times, it brings solace or comfort. There is also a correlation between reminiscence and resilience in improving quality of life and preceding to a dignified death (Nyatanga, 2015). This is an amazing way... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... One recent encounter was when I was taking care of an elderly patient with encephalopathy. The religion my patient and his family practiced was Sikh and I was very unfamiliar with not only the religious aspect, but the culture as well. The brother of the patient was dressed in all white, walked around the room barefoot, had a white turban wrapped around his head, and had long facial hair. I heard that he was still in mourning as his father had recently passed and his brothers were scattering ashes back in India, all while his brother was critically ill. The brother of the patient and I were discussing care when he hugged me for taking such good care of his brother. He hugged me so tight that I could feel private body parts. Startling me, he kissed my cheek, then he kissed the same cheek again as I stood bewildered and shocked. It seemed like he was trying to physically turn me around to plant a kiss on my lips when I ran out of the room mortified, saying I had to call a physician for orders. I talked to the critical care intensivist and nurse practitioner about my experience with the family member. The nurse practitioner tried to explain that the religion was about love, oneness, and peace and that all of the family members were living under one roof. After lunch, I spoke to the chaplain about my discomfort in returning to the room as I ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 26. How Does Memory Work Before Talking About What Goes Wrong? The brain is an amazing organ of the body, it does a trillion things at once, but one of the simplest things that it does is memory. To stop and think about what is memory and how does it work? What happens when something goes wrong and the brain cannot remember? How does a person live day to day without a memory? How does memory work before talking about what goes wrong? To begin with memory like everything else in the body there is a process that occurs; first it goes through "encoding, storage, and retrieval."(This is the process of memory, each are very important and it is amazing how the brain deciphers what is going to stay in the long term memory or short term. First off is encoding, it is all about "sensory information into ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Which means the person is thinking about the information constantly and that is what consciousness is or STM (short term memory). So what is working memory? It is the information in the STM, for example, it is when a person is remembering a person 's number to call it is important for that time being, but not important enough for LTM (long term memory). Basically STM is determining is the sensory message is important enough, then working memory is for you memory to focus on it, but not fully remember just for a few seconds or minutes. Long term memory on the other hand, it is much different from STM and working memory, LTM 's capacity to remember something is unlimited depending on how important it is to the person. Using my example from working memory, remembering numbers if it is rehearsed enough, it will be put in long term like you cell phone number that a person has taught themselves to remember. Then LTM is simplified into Nondeclarative or declarative, LTM "include general facts and knowledge, personal facts, and even skills that can be performed"(pearson 230) Nondeclarative are memories how people learned to do something like riding a bike or something a person will use in everyday life. Declarative is a memory where a person learned how to do something else but declarative memories are more facts then are learning to do something. Then for declarative memories are ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 27. Essay on Effective Instructions on Recall Effective Instructions on Recall Abstract A study was conducted involving fifty students, randomly selected, that learned three lists of ten nouns. It was expected that the group receiving narrative instructions would score higher than the group receiving the repetition instructions. Two minutes was allowed for each list. The control group was assigned to learn the list of words by repeating them. The other group was randomly distributed tests with instructions that said to make a narrative out of the nouns given in order, so that they could be recalled in that order. The test was conducted to confirm that instructions would aid the processes of retention and recall in memory, according to ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... According to Weiton (2004) This involves forming a 'memory code', or connections with other information in storage. New information is encoded when it is connected with existing information in the memory base, increasing its 'depth of processing'. For example, when making a 'memory code' one might highlight how a word sounds or a visualization of that word. By connecting the word to other information (memories), it is stored more efficiently. Storage is the maintaining of encoded information in memory over time. Psychologists have mainly focused on what hinders or helps memory and as a result there has been controversy as to how human beings maintain information. An older theory is the existence of long–term short–term memory stores, yet a more recent view on memory is the levels of processing theory. What the levels of processing theory proposes is that These different modes of encoding lead to separate depths of processing. The deeper the processing, the longer the information will stay in memory for use in recall. Recall is the act of recovering information from memory storage. Studies in recovery have been focused on which strategies help in recovering information from memory stores. Craik and Lockhart (1972) describe short–term store (hereafter STS) as the memory in which information may be forgotten in less ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 28. Alzheimer's Travel Anxiety Research Paper Conquer Travel Anxiety: Tips For Traveling With Someone Who Has Alzheimer's Your travel experience with a friend who has Alzheimer's disease can be a pleasure when the appropriate managed and detailed plans are in place before the trip begins. Before departure, supply your family with your planned stops and expected times of arrival at each destination. Safety is paramount in any excursion. Get to know the abilities and preferences of your passenger. Excursions in the early stages of dementia can be exhilarating, but later stages of this malady can make it overwhelming. Being introduced to unfamiliar places can cause anxiety for the friend with Alzheimer's; ultimately, it may encourage disorientation and confusion. Stick to familiar routes. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Even minor dehydration can easily be prevented. Take time to grocery shop for nutrient–dense, whole–food snacks. Natural vitamin C is not stored by the body, so it needs to be replenished every few hours. You'll be glad you have fresh berries and raw vegetable strips for energy. A battery –operated juicer can be the answer to quick power drinks, and it only requires a few minutes of your time. Create a Detailed Destination Plan Be sure to leave copies with your friends that may agree to monitor your progress. Discuss any special needs ahead of time with motel staff to prepare them if you should need assistance. Each added precaution makes the journey more enjoyable. If your companion is naturally a night owl, you may want to schedule your major travel time in the nocturnal hours. Each small personality trait that is recognized has the potential to make the trip a pleasurable vacation. Take Time To Copy Important Documents Make copies of important legal documents that you may need. They are easily tucked away in a binder; although you may never need them, these items offer an added sense of security: physician's name and emergency contact number food or drug ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 29. The Effects of Music on Memory Essay It can be proven, through literary research and personal experiences, that music has a positive effect on learning and memory. It can be concluded that these positive effects have an impact on patients with Alzheimer's, on the motor skills and auditory memory of mentally disabled children, on students attempting to remember subject manner that they are learning, and on the affectivity of advertisements. On a personal note, music has facilitated my ability to remember things, both positive and negative, a number of times. For example, in high school I memorized the days of the week in French by singing them along with a tune that was already familiar to me. I have also had multiple experiences in which I remember things that I do not want... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Therefore, picking music that a person with Alzheimer's listened to frequently during their younger years has resulted in strong responses from these patients – meaning that the music provokes them to show more signs of engagement with external stimulants. This also means that in order to create new forms of response in Alzheimer's patients, new and unfamiliar music should be used because it has not yet been tied to any old memories. In addition to varying familiar and unfamiliar music when trying to conjure various positive responses in patients with Alzheimer's disease, it is also beneficial to vary stimulating and sedative music genres. Stimulating music can help "promote movement" or "activate" patients. For example, playing faster tempo music during dinner could help prevent the patient from falling asleep at the table. Sedative music, or music with slower tempo, calmer rhythm, and little percussion, is good for relaxing the patient during activities that are usually agitating for them, or when they are trying to sleep. However, opposite responses may occur depending on the associations that the patients may have formed in their memories with the specific music (Clair). Along with varying music to achieve different beneficial results from Alzheimer's patients, there are many different activities that can help engage and improve the mental state of patients with Alzheimer's from the early stages of the disease's ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 30. The Ongoing Study of Alzheimer's Disease Essay The Ongoing Study of Alzheimer's Disease Article Summary Imagine your greatest fear of a loved one growing old. Could it be a fear of your dearest going through tremendous pain and suffering, or perhaps just the fear of him or her dying? Now imagine that this loved one, with whom you have shared many wonderful memories, no longer recognizes you. It kind of worries you a bit now, doesn't it? Although Alzheimer's disease can be very hard on those stricken and their families, do not feel as if your case is a hopeless one. There are studies being conducted as to the cause and possible prevention methods of this disease. One such study has taken place at the convent of the School Sisters of Notre Dame on Good Counsel Hill in ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In their first set of conclusions, they confirmed prior studies by noticing that those further educated were less likely to be susceptible. Researchers later found that essays written in young life showing low idea density and grammatical complexity to be very strong indicators of a later problem with Alzheimer's. They also found several factors unrelated to the subjects' writings which could contribute to the dementia of Alzheimer's disease. There was evidence that those who had suffered from strokes and head trauma showed signs of dementia. They also attributed low levels of folic acid in subject blood to Alzheimer's patients. Lastly, Snowdon and fellow researchers studied the emotions of the nuns. They found that those expressing more positive emotions were more likely to live longer than those expressing negative emotions. To sum up, the Nun Study is breaking new important ground on Alzheimer's disease. Background Knowledge The book doesn't delve too deeply into the causes or prevention methods of Alzheimer's disease. It states that "[p] eople with Alzheimer's disease, a devastating condition that leads to memory loss, personality changes, and eventual disintegration of all physical and mental abilities, lose brain cells responsible for producing acetylcholine, and this deficit may ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 31. Personal Narrative: My Trip To Walt Disney World One memory that vividly sticks out in my mind from my childhood was that special summer when my parents told me we were going on a trip to Disney World. It was in June of 2001 and I was twelve years old. My parents planned the trip six months in advance. As a child, it seemed as if the time would never come. When it finally came time to pack and leave, I felt eager and excited. The night before our departure, I could not sleep at all. My most memorable childhood experience is of going to Walt Disney World with myfamily and having a great time.Vacations with the family were always joyous.Back on that warm summer day, my brother and I climbed into the van with my parents and grandmother to begin the road trip. My mother sat in the front as my father ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... It took almost two hours to get to Orlando from Tampa. As the van rolled along the hills, rocking and swaying back and forth, I was elated with thoughts of all the things we would do. I remember jumping around in the back seat with joy as we started to see signs for the park. When we arrived at the park, pure bliss and amazement showed on our faces. We took a ferry boat from the parking lot to the entrance of the park. Once inside the park, we headed for the rides. Some of my favorite rides were The Haunted Mansion, Thunder Mountain, and Splash Mountain. My sibling and I were very thrilled and cheerful. Next, we visited Magic Kingdom to watch a parade of all the Disney characters. We were elated to find out we would get to take pictures with Goofy, Mickey Mouse, and Donald the Duck. My parents purchased chicken tender meals. Also, we ate snacks such as elephant ears and cotton candy. Grandma had given us money to buy extra junk that my parents would not buy. As the day began to end, we started to get tired. Lastly we watched the fireworks and took last minute photos before heading to the car. I was very sad it was time to go home the next ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 32. Memory Retention Of The Presentation Information And Those... We found that there was no significant difference between the memory scores of those who thought they had to teach the information and those who were told nothing. Yet, a consistent trend was found with both dependent variables. Although the trend does not fall within the confidence band, it can be considered a consistent trend because it is constant for all four different conditions. Refer to Figure 2, the memory scores were consistently lower when white noise was present, regardless of which condition the participants were in. In addition, the anxiety levels were slightly higher when white noise was present regardless of active or passive condition, refer to Figure 3. Our null hypothesis states that there will be no significant difference in memory retention of the presentation information between those who are told they must teach the presentation right after and those who are not told anything, and there will be no difference in anxiety levels when noise is introduced into the classroom. However, our study tested the hypothesis that the potential of having to speak publicly would enhance memory retention. Yet, our results proved otherwise. Opposite to what we hypothesized, the memory for all four groups remained relatively consistent with one another with respect to the active and passive conditions. Anxiety did not have a major impact in boosting memory performance, even when white noise was in the background. We found that from the perspective of the student, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 33. Power Of Music Never Underestimate the Power of Music Wait, what; no phone, no Instagram, no social media? What teenager wants to attend a class trip with no access to the social world they have grown dependent on? Each year, the junior class at Bayside Academy embarks on a trip to Pine Mountain, Kentucky, with one rule rising above all others; NO cell phones. Once the school year starts, planning begins for the Junior class trip, with the emphasis of the trip focused on promoting camaraderie and creating a closeness between classmates. Needless to say, I didn't share excitement in planning the trip, as I detested the thought of being without my phone for five days. The dreaded day arrived, and my class set off for Pine Mountain, Kentucky. Once we... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Musicians from our grade played the background music of the song, making it even more special to each of us. After a few days, practicing the class song became a time we all looked forward to, whereas, in the beginning it was a chore. Each time we sang, the excitement grew in each of us, as we were determined to be prepared for Christmas Together. Practice after practice, we struggled to recite each line correctly, concurrently working to harmonize and sway to the tune. The time spent practicing "Brother" built a strong bond between our class; something I did not notice until the completion of the trip. As the trip came to an end, our arrival time approached. Our class decided to sing "Brother" one last time before leaving Pine Mountain, in appreciation of the place that showed us how much we truly meant to one another. On the bus ride home, positive comments floated around about how amazing the trip had been and how enjoyable all the activities were. Everyone came to the conclusion that the best part of the week was the time spent singing together. After a nine–hour bus ride, we arrived back at Bayside, just in time for Christmas Together. The time had come to get on stage and share the story of "Brother" with our school. Immediately after the tremendous performance, applause filled the building. I felt a sense of joy at the appreciation of our performance, as the song meant so much to me personally. Shortly after ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 34. Negative Effects Of Smartphones Smartphone technology has become increasingly affordable and attainable over recent years and has overtaken other electronic devices as a means of connecting with others on the internet. Owning a smartphone has become an expectation amongst younger generations, with up to 95% ownership amongst adults below 40 years old. (Sensis, June 2016). The benefits of this small, versatile device are clear. Smartphones have massively improved quality of life, especially through easing access to social media and information online. Consequently, many people are reliant on this device for daily living with 45% of Australians stating "I can't live without my mobile phone". (Roy Morgan Single Source Australia, 2015–2016). However, we may only now be observing the impact of these devices on our minds, particularly in human cognitive capacity.Cognition can be defined through various constructs, in particular attentional focus (as measured by Stothart, Mitchum and Yehnert, 2015) andmemory (as measured by Sparrow, Liu, and Wegner, 2011). Both papers show conclusive evidence that smartphones are detrimental to the cognitive ability of users. Attention is defined as an allocative resource which is drawn upon by stimulus. These stimuli are termed exogenous if defined by their salience to the environment or termed endogenous through the value assigned by the individual. Smartphones can detract from any on–hand task through their exogenous alerts as it draws attention away from any task on ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 35. What I Have Wonderful Memories Of Public Health Essay Growing in the 80s in Lagos, Nigeria was what I equate to a game of public health Russian roulette; with waterborne illness such as cholera and dysentery lurking is every other cup of water, or typhoid and other communicable disease residing in overcrowded buses and the ever growing fear of inadequate access to care in the event of developing a chronic illness that could not be treated by over the counter antibiotics or medication from the local chemist or herbalist. Nevertheless, I have wonderful memories of growing up in Lagos, Nigeria and two particular memories were ingrained in my memory forever and have ultimately made my public health journey seem more like vocation than choice. One of the memories was my earliest memories of learning to read English, in order to save money on bus fare, my mother and I would trek from Shogunle to Oshodi, about a 2.5 mile walk to and from catching the bus to get to school and work. On this route were two giant billboards that we encountered every day, and as we passed them, I remember trying to read the billboards and my mom helping to form the words; the first billboard read "WAI: War Against indiscipline. NO liter, Queue, No noise, Stop corruption" and the second billboard read "Prevention is Better Than Cure." I did not realize the prognostication impact of these two billboards until 25 years later when I was considering a master's degree in public health. The first billboard was promoting an initiative that was developed by then ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 36. Personal Narrative: Riding On The Verde Canyon One of the best memories I have of my son and I together is when we took the Canyon Verde train. My son and I rode the Verde Canyon Railroad when he was two years old during a beautiful October day. Riding on the Verde Canyon Railroad train is a wonderful memory I have of my son and I, because it has a beautiful mountain view, my son had a wonderful time, and it was a relaxing day. We saw gorgeous mountain views from the train. My son and I picked the open–view cars to experience the cool weather and beautiful views. I remember clearly about the trip was the view of the Verde Canyon. We looked down into the canyon and saw a lush vegetation next to the gorgeous Verde River. We also saw wildlife, for example, eagles. In addition to lovely views, it's a wonderfulmemory because of my son's excitement. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... My son was two years old and wanted to ride the trains at parks near are our home all the time. He watched Thomas the Train a great deal. Because of his fascination with trains, I decided to find a real train to take him on a ride. I found the Verde Canyon Railroad, and he had the best day when we took a ride. The train is beautifully designed and vintage style. The train had a little shop that sold candy so we stopped in bought some candy. Afterward, we sat in the open–view area and enjoyed the cool temperatures and beautiful views. Connecting with nature brings joy for my son and I like Sylvia Plath said in The Bell Jar "I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery–air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, 'This is what it is to be happy." We were surrounded by stunning views on a train and this made us ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 37. Memory Psychology Memory One of the human functions that is intriguing to me and makes people unique from each other is human memory. I am finding that through experiences and what we remember from those experiences, our brain develops and humans form their interpretation of the world and the things around them based on their memory. Our favorite films and the ones we dislike the most are part of the many things that we draw our conclusions from based on memory. Knowing this can help me create more dynamic characters in my scripts because I can better form characters based on their memory. Whether it be the style the cinematographer might have in his or her shot choice or simply the action that is present on the screen, memory of these aspects allows me ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The way that I view a solution like this is taking the easy way out. It seems for no matter what condition you are going through in this country, there is nobody to sit and help you through a situation besides a bottle of pills. I don't know what should happen exactly as a solution, but if we know that weaker emotion equals weaker memories than why can't a psychiatrist work with patients in doing what they are hoping the pill can do? I'm personally apathetic in this area of study, but I feel strongly against the use of pills so regularly. Flashbulb memories are a clear memory of an emotionally significant moment or event. This is intriguing to me how this works, but it most certainly is true. I have talked with friends recently that I grew up with through grade school and we had one of those moments where I started a conversation off with, "Remember that one time we were out on the playground and a guy was walking around outside with a shotgun and we had to go inside on lockdown?" Of course they all remember that day and specific and minute things that happened during that time because of flashbulb memory. After reading the chapter on memory I have become more aware on how the mind remembers things. I always told myself growing up that studying things I "already knew" was completely pointless, but it turns out that you are still learning just by continuing to review. I am going to have to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 38. Artistic Voice Essay Artistic Voice Authors have a distinct identity that you recognize when you read their work of art. The qualities and aspects of a text that give an author a distinct identity as an artist are known as their artistic voice. Denise Levertov and Anne Sexton both use different themes in their poetry that separate them from other poets. Denise Levertov writes about the unknown and the unsaid in life. Anne Sexton distinguishes herself by writing about her family, loves, and her emotional tragedies. Sandra Cisneros wrote a novel called The House on Mango Street that contained a different setup than most novels. It was written in fragments and the language was straightforward. Cisneros focuses on the importance of freethinking ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Meaning those problems that occur in the marriage will not just disappear when you kiss and make up. In the second stanza she is using communion to express how a spouse if looking for communication with their partner and is being turned away "each by each." Levertov refers to society as a leviathan in the third stanza. She also talks about how the couple is looking for joy in their relationship, but they do not want it to be known that things are not working out with them. In the last stanza Levertov uses to "the ark of" to explain the survival of marriage. Everyone feels that marriage is a delightful experience; choosing to ignore the reality of struggles that relationships must deal with. Levertov took the one–sided view that people hold of marriage and exemplified the realistic problems that people tend to forget. When Anne Sexton writes her poetry she writes to make the reader feel what she is writing. Sexton tends to write about her own experiences and events in other women's lives. In Anne Sexton's Unknown Girl in the Maternity Ward, she uses a language to express a mother's pain and anger after she gave birth to her fatherless child: And now that's that. There is nothing more that I can say or lose. Others have traded life before and could not speak. I tighten to refuse your owling eyes, my fragile visitor. I touch your cheeks, like ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 39. Still Alice I Forget That I Have Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease is a familiar sight to me. I had a sad experience during my work as a nurse in my country Colombia and Spain with Alzheimer disease patients. Day by day I came to know each patient's story because every day they were living the moment without remember the last minute. This is also what happened to Lisa Genova's novel Still Alice. The protagonists is a 50 year old woman, a very well organized, efficient, highly–educated, and smart Harvard professor, wife of a successful man, and the mother of three grown children, who has diagnosed with early–onset Alzheimer's disease. People have learned about the progression of Alice's disease through her reactions, so feeling what she feels– a ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... At the beginning she is angry and depressed with herself because she is forgetting everything that she needs to remember every day, such as a simple and common word. Her emotional changes also affect her relationships with others and her own feelings, because she has a negative behavior with others when she yells or says a word of anger. I think is the way how she shows that she is trying to avoid what is happening in her life with an incurable disease that changes the direction of her life. She feels frustration about her memory problems because gradually she has a restriction of freedom that means she loses privacy and independence in each activity she wants to do. We cannot imagine what she is feeling when she is losing everything she learned, all the way back to basic activities such as the skill to walk, eat, or even use the bathroom. Alice feels frustrated about what she is living, because it is a way to say she is stigmatized with this disease as though she were already dead. On the other hand, and in a positive way, she begins to enjoy her life when she shares more time with her family. She feels curiosity about a future of her children and grandchild, and then she wants to live to enjoy everything, despite she would "be incapable of remembering and executing this kind of plan." (Genova 118). She creates a simple test and games to remember simple things of her life, and she can ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 40. Project M2 : False Memory Project M2: False Memory Literature review. This project is based on false memory and asks the question, "Will words that are presented visually evoke false recall of an associated word more than if words are presented aurally?" False memory has been defined as, "A mental experience that is mistakenly taken to be a veridical representation of an event from one's personal past. Memories can be false in relatively minor ways, believing one last saw the keys in the kitchen when they were in the living room or in major ways that have profound implications for oneself and others like, mistakenly believing one is the originator of an idea or that one was sexually abused as a child (Smelser & Baltes, 2001, p. 5254). How memory works is an important area that psychologist have been searching for answers to since the early 1950's and has led to some controversial theories. Baddeley (2001) suggests a working memory system which consists of four components; a modality–free central executive, a phonological loop which holds information in speech based form, a visuo–spatial sketchpad and an episodic buffer which is the temporary storage system that holds and integrates information from the phonological loop, visuo–spatial sketchpad and long–term memory (Eysenck & Keane, 2005). Research into false memory has been carried out to determine how reliable the memory can be. Loftus (2003) looked at eyewitness memory and how accurate it can be. In one study Loftus showed films of traffic ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...