Films and Psychoreality Flashcards
How was memory dysfunction portrayed in movies such as ground hog day and fifty first dates?
Groundhog day 1993 = uses repetition to predict the future - not portrayed as positive. Although humans like familiarity can lead to depression. Problem with inhabiting long term memory - activation causes recollective experience that is uncontrollable.
Fifty first dates = Herpes Simplex Encephalitis, somewhat accurate, loss of consciousness, damage to front temporal lobe, loses autobiographical but maintains procedural knowledge.
What is a solution to memory loss conditions?
Sense cam - links with scenes of fifty first dates.
What does memory loss show?
That different information such as procedural information is stored in different places.
What did Marin 2011 find?
The administration of metyrapone reduces the strength of emotional memories over a period of time - Link to eternal sunshine of the spotless mind.
What is amnesiac syndrome?
Incapacity to learn new material - anterograde combined with loss of prior material (retrograde).
What did the Squire, Stark and Clark study show in 2004?
The ability to retain material over days - functional amnesia.
What did Soeter and Kind find in 2013?
Spider phobia could be reduced following memory reactivate.
What did James say about memory?
“If we remembered everything we would be as ill as if we remembered nothing.