memories.

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	about me. _____________________________________________________ title : archive fever / memory _____________________________________________________ an archive is something that's accumulated over a lifetime. it could be in any form or media. like photographs, diaries, letters, or anything collected by the individual. it's a unique collection of "by-product" of human activities. just like your memory. memories make up your life experiences. your collective set of memories forms who you are. everyone's memory is personal and exclusive. no two persons will recall an experience identically. _____________________________________________________ main problem : memory is something intangible and it's a vast collection to tackle. each person's memory and how they register events and emotions is different. the challenge is to find that essence of memory everyone can relate to. _____________________________________________________ possible sub problems : 1. would i be focusing on my own personal set of archives and sharing those memories. or something more generic about memory? 2. the outcome may be too personal. such that not everyone relate and share the same experience about memory. 3. there are too many things in my archive. 4. identifying a target audience. those who probably share certain similarities of memory. or those who've never seen or experience my collection. _____________________________________________________	tag	past January 2009 / February 2009 / March 2009 /
Sunday, February 1, 2009 4:48 AM haha..didnt mean to haf another wordy text.. but but..found something else interesting abt memory.. woohoo !! ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ RECOVERED MEMORY THERAPY HOW DOES HUMAN MEMORY WORK? mind is like a video tape: the mind records in very complete detail for every event during a person's lifetime, much like a video tape. retrieving a memory is similar to searching for a scene in a video tape: one selects the correct cartridge, fast-forwards to the episode of interest, and observes the scene. it doesn't matter how a memory from the past is accessed, it is exact and reliable. mind is reconstructive: events are imperfectly remembered or not remembered at all. some events are remembered initially but later gradually forgotten. a trigger (e.g. an article in a newspaper, a photograph of a friend etc) might bring back a recently forgotten memory. however, most eventually become permanently lost and never be retrieved. It's impossible for the brain to store complete details of every event. it doesn't have the storage capacity to hold that amount of data. only a minimal amount of information is actually stored in the brain. when we recall a memory, our mind will automatically "flesh out" the recollection by inventing details of the event, based on previous similar experiences. this process is largely unconscious; we're not aware of it happening. one interesting phenomenon can occur when the memory is being recalled: this "fleshing out" process can be distorted. the mind adds new components to the memory that are unrelated to the original event. more interestingly, these distortions will later re-enter the memory, and will probably emerge during subsequent recalls. mind is distributed through the body: the human mind is not all confined to the brain. it's rather distributed around the body. mind is very selective in what it remembers: for example, in a sexual abuse. seriously distressing events will often be remembered continuously into adulthood. So will instances of sexual molestation and abuse. but memories of sexual abuse are often repressed. the factor that causes the mind to treat these two differently is a sense of betrayal in the mind. other findings about memory: researchers found that people confuse object that they have actually seen and objects about which they have only imagined. "We think parts of the brain used to actually perceive an object and to visually imagine an object overlap. a vividly imagined event can leave a memory trace in the brain that is very similar to that of an experienced event." a typical adult is unable to remember events which occurred prior to 42 months of age. memories from events that happened during infancy (0 to 24 months) are unknown. http://www.religioustolerance.org/rmt_memo.htm ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ okok..thr's like alot of things..if interested go here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_memory i'll just pick what i like.. (selective memory..hahaha) Art of memory visual sense and spatial orientation : emphasizes the importance of the visual sense, "even what we hear must be attached to a visual image. to help recall something we have heard rather than seen, we should attach to their words the appearance, facial expression, and gestures of the person speaking as well as the appearance of the room. the speaker should therefore create strong visual images, through expression and gesture, which will fix the impression of his words...memory of the visual over all other sensory modes, auditory, tactile, and the rest." affect : the role of emotion in the art can be divided into two major groupings: the first -- role of emotion in the process of fixing images in the memory. the second -- the way in which the recollection of a memory image can evoke an emotional response. emphasizing the importance of using emotionally-striking imagery to ensure that images will be retained in memory: "we ought, then, to set up images of a kind that can adhere longest in memory. and we shall do so if we establish similitudes as striking as possible; if we set up images that are not many or vague but active; if we assign to them exceptional beauty or singular ugliness..." on the other hand, image associated with an emotion will call up the emotion when recollected. etc etc etc..................................... the rest visit the site..haa.. ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ . . . . .