Childhood Memory

When we all bring up a memory in our head, we play it back like a videotape. This, however, is not how memory is stored. Memory, when stored, is actually broken up into sections and stored in schemas, the units of knowledge. Schemas can be changed or affected by the exact same categories as what…

In this assignment, it was required to view a documentary from the BBC called How Does Your Memory Work? The documentary explores how memory develops, how humans are able to remember, problems associated with memory, and more. One of the concepts examined in the video was childhood amnesia, which is the phenomenon where an adult…

All children develop an autobiographical memory about events or people connected to them. The study of autobiographical memory in children attempts to understand how and why certain one-time events hold personal meaning to a child can be recalled. Memory is a gradually developing system created throughout childhood and adolescence. Scholars state that autobiographical memory develops…

Sleeps role in learning, memory, and other neurobehavioral tasks have been widely studied. This research has indicated that through manipulation of sleep in experimental models people can influence learning and memory. Along with this, if people employ precise learning and training methods the data suggests that these methods can have an impact on sleep or…

The study performed in this article aimed to illustrate the relationship or connections between the individual differences of neurocognitive maturation and the formal and content related features of children’s dream reports. 40 children’s dream reports between the ages of 4 and 8 were analyzed. Specific dream content categories changed as the child developed and were…

In this literature review it will explore the effects and the brain structure and function and what psychiatric diseases are linked to the certain parts of the brain that is affected. When children experience child abuse (physical, mentally) and neglect they have difficulties later in life such as with their socioeconomic status, brain development and…