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Carol Furchner's List: cog-memory
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Jun 11, 17
Original research report, full and free
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Feb 05, 15
Are Williams' current memories deliberately falsified, or was he just a victim of the misinformation effect?
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Dec 10, 14
Describes older research on release from proactive interference. Same as interleaving/spacing effect?
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Jul 28, 14
Prediction of an outcome, e.g., using a pretest, and retrieval practice (testing effect) are highlighted
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Jul 20, 14
Roediger reviews results of several studies on how to improve retention for learned materials.
"...tests serve students best when they’re integrated into the regular business of learning and the stakes are not make-or-break, as in standardized testing." -
Jun 24, 14
Mark MacDaniel, one of the authors of "Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
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Jun 23, 14
Saroo last saw his hometown when he was 4-1/2. As a young man, he was able to recognize it from pictures on Google Earth, after looking at thousands of other pictures.
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Jun 18, 14
TEDx talk. Changing memories in the brain. Video. 15.5 min.
Transcript provided.
Looked at mouse hippocampus, trained mouse on simple freezing response (avoidance/fear) response, noted which cells were stimulated, and then stimulated the same cell in a different context and triggered the freezing response. Also incorporated new memory while stimulating an old memory. Association of foot shock between memory of neutral environment - animal froze in an environment where nothing bad had happened. -
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