Summary of Scott A. Small's Forgetting

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The first order of a neurologist’s business is to listen to a patient’s symptoms and clinical history. These testimonials contain rich information that helps the doctor locate the cause of the problem.
#2 The second step in diagnosing memory problems is to isolate the anatomical source of the problem. Memory specialists begin localizing the lesion that is causing pathological forgetting the second a patient walks through the door.
#3 The play of memory is similar between computers and brains. Our brains have three main actors that help us store, save, and retrieve memories: the posterior area, the hippocampus, and the prefrontal cortex.
#4 The basic unit of memory storage within our brains is a cell, a neuron. The dendritic spines, at the outer tips of neurons, are the information bits of our memories. They are constantly changing in size with experience, and when they grow, the connection between the neurons is strengthened, which is what happens when a new memory is formed.

Sujets

• Personality
• Psychology

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 01 mai 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669395737
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Scott A Small's Forgetting
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The first order of a neurologist’s business is to listen to a patient’s symptoms and clinical history. These testimonials contain rich information that helps the doctor locate the cause of the problem.

#2

The second step in diagnosing memory problems is to isolate the anatomical source of the problem. Memory specialists begin localizing the lesion that is causing pathological forgetting the second a patient walks through the door.

#3

The play of memory is similar between computers and brains. Our brains have three main actors that help us store, save, and retrieve memories: the posterior area, the hippocampus, and the prefrontal cortex.

#4

The basic unit of memory storage within our brains is a cell, a neuron. The dendritic spines, at the outer tips of neurons, are the information bits of our memories. They are constantly changing in size with experience, and when they grow, the connection between the neurons is strengthened, which is what happens when a new memory is formed.

#5

The process of forming associations between separate stimuli is at the heart of memory. The brain must reconstruct the different parts of a face and how they are organized, and then bind them together to form a single memory.

#6

The brain first breaks down any complex item into its component parts, and then dedicated areas of the cortex reconstruct the whole. The visual cortex, which handles visual information, starts with the equivalent of regional hubs that reconstruct individual facial features from basic visual elements like color and shape.

#7

The same mechanisms of synaptic plasticity are used to strengthen connections among neurons to form memories, which are formed by associations among many central hubs. When Karl first met his client, he didn’t simply see her face and hear her name. The episode also contained all the trappings of the place he first met her, and the time of day the meeting occurred.

#8

The strength of H. M’s snap depends on a separate structure of the brain, the hippocampus. The hippocampus helps us form new conscious memories, and it does so by teaching the central hubs to bind into a memory.

#9

The hippocampus has direct lines of communication with each of the central hubs in the cortex, and it functions like a telephone switchboard. The hippocampal neurons grow dendritic spines differently than cortical hub neurons.

#10

The hippocampus is the Save button on a computer, and the prefrontal area is the Open button. By clicking on these functions, you transfer information from temporary to long-term memory.