Human memory and recall: Bridging the gap between encoding and recall of information

Human memory and recall: Bridging the gap between encoding and recall of information

2^nd International Conference on Central Nervous System and Therapeutics
June 10-11, 2019 | Edinburgh, Scotland

Tamara C McGill Carter

The Chicago School of professional Psychology, USA

Abstract:

Statement of the Problem: Memory differences over the short term and the long-term memory has been thought to differ in many ways in terms of capacity, the underlying neural substrates, and the types of processes that support performance (Rose & Craik, 2012). With certain functions such as cognitive tasks and high and low frequency words, the memory works to process the information that enters the brain and categorizes the information in either short term (working memory) or long term memory, depending upon the information being stored (McFarlane & Humphreys, 2012). Research into the human memory has yet to understand exactly how short- and long-term memory works in storing information. This is largely due to a lack of converging evidence on the construct of attention in memory research (McFarlane & Humphreys, 2012).
Long standing and recent research into memory has found substantial evidence and characteristics that separate shortand long-term memory and models have been designed to make clear the differences between the two memory systems (Rose, Myerson, Roediger III, & Hale, 2010). Researchers have identified that the human memory is separated into two memory systems: Primary and Secondary memory. Primary memory has been identified as the Short-Term Memory and the Secondary Memory is referred to as the Long-Term memory (Rose & Craik, 2012). In understanding the difference in these memory systems, one is concerned over the amount of information that can be maintained in each system. Primary memory or STM is limited in the information that can be maintained while secondary memory or LTM is infinite in the information that is maintained in that system. A further point of separating PM and SM concerns the differences in the type of encoding, maintenance, and retrieval processes involved in performance on tasks thought to tap into the two systems. For example, with primary memory or STM tasks that require remembering a series of words and/or names of others, one tends to rehearse the words and their performance is better when they can do so without distraction. On the other hand, with secondary memory or LTM tasks, it is usually possible to rehearse a long list after only a single presentation or to continuously rehearse even a short list over a long delay. Another source of evidence for the existence of the two differential memory systems is the damage to the brain that will make processing and later retrieving memory impossible or delayed, especially damage to the hippocampus, which relays the information to the two systems after entering into the brain. This comprehensive qualitative research article will take a trip into the human memory to understand how both memory systems function separately and in unison when certain tasks, recognition, recall, and maintenance of information is tested against both systems.ss

Biography:

Tamara C McGill Carter expertise is in Neuroanatomy and Neuroscience with a focus on the intricate workings of the Limbic and Memory systems. Her master’s thesis surrounds Human Memory and Encoding, detailing the fundamental changes that creates as well as destroy memories. She is currently is training in to become a licensed Neuropsychologist and is also finishing her final year of the Chicago School of Professional Psychology’s Educational Psychology and Technology doctorate program, due to graduate by next summer. Her dissertation’s focus centers on Autism, Theory of Mind, and Executive Functioning. She expertise in neuroanatomy further expanded while working with individuals with developmental disabilities/delays at several Home Health Agencies, which created several projects centering on how autism and developmental delays affect the brain. She currently holds dual bachelor’s degrees in Psychology from Indiana University Northwest in Gary and a Master of Arts degree from the Chicago School of professional Psychology, the concentration focus being Trauma and Crisis Intervention.

E-mail: Chirion_Lyons@hotmail.com

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