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Cognitive Learning

Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve: How Memory Fades Over Time

Memory is a process of an active system that consists of three stages. The first is encoding, where the information is given by the sensory processes; the second process is storage, where the information is held for some period of

Biopsychology Brain

Understanding Semantic Memory

Internally, we each possess a vast and intricate library-a repository of words, concepts, facts, and ideas collected throughout our lives. Psychologists and neuroscientists call such an internal library “semantic memory.” From this basis of understanding, one can recognise faces, understand

Biopsychology

Key Differences Between Working Memory and Short-Term Memory 

Memory plays a crucial role in our lives; our actions are often shaped by how we recall and interpret past experiences. When we focus on the memory part of the brain, the human mind has mostly four types of memories,

Cognitive

The Five Stages of Memory 

Memory is strange. We suddenly remember random jingles from childhood ads. And then there are times when we meet someone and instantly forget their name. This can be quite perplexing. Why does this happen? What makes some information stick while

Health Psychology

Alzheimer’s Vs Dementia: What’s the Difference?

Think of a senior who becomes forgetful of what she discussed, asks the same question many times, and gets confused now and then about well-known locations. Her family might say, “She is a demented person.” But her doctor later finds

History

Mary Whiton Calkins: The Harvard PhD She Earned but Never Received

William James called the exam Harvard’s most remarkable doctoral exam. Over the years, he reiterated his belief more than once and had every reason to be confident, as he was a member of the committee that administered Mary Whiton Calkins’s

Biopsychology

Neurotheology: The Neuroscience of Spiritual Experience

When meditating, do you feel completely tranquil? At prayer, do you get a sense of connection with a power greater than yourself, or do you experience a moment when your ordinary worries disappear? Whatever else these experiences might be spiritual,

History Social

What Is Cross-Cultural Psychology?

Culture is a way of life. It is one of the most important aspects in sociology and psychology. It includes all the elements that make our lives diverse. Also, it primarily includes traditions, customs, rituals, food habits, clothing, language, and

Sleep

What Are Hypnagogic Hallucinations? Causes, Symptoms, and When to Worry

Have you ever felt like you’re just moments away from sleeping when your name is called?  Perhaps you saw a flash or shadow, experienced a feeling as you were about to fall, felt like someone else was in the room

Cognitive Learning

Information Processing Theory in Psychology

Have you ever gone into a room and then completely forgotten the reason why? Or read a whole page in a textbook, then realised you don’t remember much of anything. Each of these examples illustrates a general phenomenon about the