Image Source - Why do we remember what we remember? Vox​

What is the point?

Memory, a critical facet of psychology, involves the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information. Students delving into the study of memory explore the mechanisms that underpin our ability to retain and recall experiences. The field encompasses various types of memory, including sensory memory, short-term memory, and long-term memory, each serving distinct functions in information processing. Students investigate the factors influencing memory formation, such as attention, rehearsal, and emotional significance. Cognitive processes like recognition and recall are examined, shedding light on how individuals retrieve stored information. The study of memory also includes discussions on memory disorders and the malleability of recollection. Through experimental designs and theoretical analyses, students gain a nuanced understanding of the complexities of human memory, enhancing their insights into cognition, learning, and the shaping of personal narratives.

Memory 
Essential Lessons

​Essential Lessons are content lessons that are required by all students to complete.
Mr. Wince will ask to see your notes throughout the quarter and give feedback and engage in conversations about the content.

Checklist (5 Lessons)
Growing Our Vocabulary
Our Brains Hard at Work: Remembering and Forgetting
Gut to Brain Connection: 5 foods that 'weaken memory/focus'
Memory and Alzheimer's Disease
Choice!

Growing Our Vocabulary

Directions: These words need to be added to your personal glossary with definitions.
​​​​These words will be incorporated into your lessons so that you have the context around how these words and concepts are used!

Memory​
​Retrieval
Interference

Alzheimer's
Forgetting
Focus

Carbohydrates
Dementia
Nitrates

Add words that you came across throughout these Essential Lessons that you learned and add them to your glossary.

Our Brains Hard at Work:
​​Remembering and Forgetting

Gut to Brain Connection:
​5 foods that ‘weaken memory/focus’

Memory and Alzheimer's Disease

Choice!
Choose ONE of the topics below

These Lessons can help you better understand different aspects of the concept we are studying.
​Select one that will add to your learning about this topic.

These may be articles/videos/podcasts about our topics and there may or may not be specific instructions to do something with them other than read/watch/listen and see how it can add meaning to your understanding.  

If the link is directly to a video, article, ect. WITHOUT specific instructions write down 3-5 things you learned about the topic in your Notes.

Film: Still Alice

Arizona Memory Project

The 9 Worst Habits for Your Brain

Memory games: how to boost your brain power

Podcast: Hidden Brain

Film: 50 First Dates

Neural Nostalgia Why do we love the music we heard as teenagers?

Can We Learn to Draw Faces From Memory?

How the Brain Stores Traumatic Memories

What happens when you remove the hippocampus?

Childhood Trauma and Memory Loss

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: PTSD Symptoms in Women Not to Bypass

The Science of Drawing and Memory

Music and Memories

Videos - The Complexity of Memory

​Is Aphantasia a Memory Disorder?

Why It's So Hard to Find the Things We Hide

Why You Can't Remember Your Early Childhood