How Do Emotions Affect Memory?????
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How Emotions Affect Our Memories??????
There are varied factors that come into play when considering the case
of how emotions affect our memories. Let's first draw an outline on how
an emotion controls our memory, as and when a scenario presents it self :
1. The age of a person greatly influences how we treat our memory
intake, where adolescents and the young tend to remember negative
memories, more than the positive ones. As one ages, he/she has a better
understanding of how to latch on to information, therefore releasing
negative memory intake, and storing that which is positive. The
conclusion drawn here is that older people have a better way of
controlling their emotions, therefore taking in negative data in smaller
doses as compared to the young.
2. Depending on how you feel during the time when the situation presents
itself, the better your chances of saving the memory that is being
created.
3. Good memories, or those with feelings of a frequency that runs on a
positive high note, are better remembered when it comes to retrieving
the nitty-gritty details.
4. Even events where emotions are running high on negative vibes, are
better remembered because of the intensity of the situation when it
occurred. The details may be fuzzy later on, but if the impact was major
(death of a loved one/near-death experience/sexual or substance abuse
etc.), the details are either stored in its entirety, or buried in one's
suppressed memory vault.
5. Different memory areas are influenced depending on one's mood, which
is another major instigator when it comes to an event before it is saved
as a memory. When one is in the same mood as when the event was
experienced, when it comes to recalling it - the details are recaptured
better.
The Science of How Emotions Influence Memory??????
The brain, in spite of all its intricacies, is subdivided into
different areas that influence the way we behave, act out in a
situation, and apply logic/reason. The area of the brain that deals with
our emotional selves is the amygdala, which governs the way our
emotions control us, even if we aren't aware of how this works, given
the situation both big and small. Long-term memory is when bits of
events in the past are stored away in our brain, because they influence
us to keep those memories in a permanent pocket in our memory vaults.
The frontal cortex is what transforms simple memory strands, into
those that are long-term, simply because the event was substantial
enough to store away. The hippocampus, which also teams up with the
frontal cortex and even the cerebellum, is what determines how we store
memory from the past and present, based on our emotions.
The hippocampus is an important part of the brain that behaves like an
organizer that separates the memory into different areas of the brain
meant for permanent storage, while also being able to tap into these
memories upon recollection. This part of the brain associates one's
emotions by connecting it to other senses like smell, sound, touch and
how we perceive these visually. It is responsible for creating new
memories and acting as the brain's governing factor when it comes to how
these are stored and retrieved.
By Syafitri Rahmania Ulfah (12410149)
Reference Sarah, Naomi. (2012). Article Psychology. Buzzle.com
By Syafitri Rahmania Ulfah (12410149)
Reference Sarah, Naomi. (2012). Article Psychology. Buzzle.com
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