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Memory biases may either
enhance or impair the recall
of memory, or they may alter
the content of what we
report remembering. There
are many memory biases
including the humor effect,
positivity effect and the
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Amnesia
Amnesia (or amnaesia in
Commonwealth English) is a
condition in which memory is
disturbed. The causes of
amnesia are organic or
functional. Organic causes
include damage to the brain,
through trauma or disease,
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Memory
Memory is the ability of the
brain to store, retain, and
subsequently recall
information. Although
traditional studies of
memory began in the realms
of philosophy, the late
nineteenth and early
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Limbic system
The limbic system is the
collective name for
structures in the human
brain involved in emotion,
motivation, and emotional
association with memory. It
affects motivation and is
more active in extroverts
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Rapid eye movement
Rapid eye movement (REM) is the stage of sleep characterized by rapid saccadic movements of the eyes. During this stage, the activity of the brain's neurons is quite similar to that during waking ... > more -
Exposure effect
Exposure effect is a psychological artifact well known to advertisers: people express undue liking for things merely because they are familiar with them. This effect has been nicknamed the ... > more -
Cognitive psychology
Cognitive Psychology is the school of psychology that examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language. It had its foundations in the Gestalt psychology of Max ... > more -
Animal cognition
Animal cognition, or cognitive ethology, is the title given to a modern approach to the mental capacities of non human animals. It has developed out of comparative psychology, but has also been ... > more -
List of cognitive biases
Cognitive bias is distortion in the way we perceive reality. Many of these biases are often studied for how they affect business and economic decisions and how they affect scientific and experimental ... > more -
Self image
A person's self image is the mental picture, generally of a kind that is quite resistant to change, that depicts not only details that are potentially available to objective investigation by others ... > more -
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