The article is included in the special issue of cognitive, emotional and behavioral neuroscience, which focuses on individual differences in memory modulation.
Stephanie Leal, who is an assistant professor in the field of psychological sciences in the field of psychological sciences at Rice University, and Stephanie Leal, who is an assistant professor in psychological sciences, to analyze the “three n” of memory (what, where and when we remember) and why people remember why people remember. They examined the current research to answer a basic question.
Researchers investigate how emotional importance, level of personal relevance and individual differences shape memory. Unlike experimental studies, this examination collects and interprets existing findings to advance the understanding of the episodic memory.
We remember more emotional events
The study devotes memory research to three main areas of focusing on what, where and when. Morales-Calva and Leal found that memories were often shaped by emotional content, personal importance, again and attention. For example, individuals are more likely to recall events with deep emotional echo or the details they focus on actively.
However, what we remember is also influenced by factors such as where the event took place. What is known as spatial memory is often examined on animals, and researchers said that this is an important aspect of what we remember for human experiences. New environments require more attention and therefore create more powerful memories compared to familiar, routine environments.
Finally, the researchers said when the incident took place when people remember what they remember. How individuals list events and how they realize the transitions between them play a critical role in memories. Certain events are usually divided into separate sections and therefore it can be easier for individuals to remember.
Morales-Calva said that individual conditions such as cultural, personal and cognitive differences such as what, where and when it is, may have an important effect on shaping how individuals remember.
“Memory is not a uniform phenomenon. What is unforgettable for a person may be completely forgotten for someone else, depending on his unique past and cognitive priorities.” he said.
Researchers, why we remember more experiences more than others, examining that both clinical and daily environments may have important inferences, he said. For example, professional memory assessments are often based on standard tests with the potential to ignore critical individual differences in certain cultural contexts. Such tests can give distorted results when applied in various populations, which emphasizes the need for more special approaches.
Researchers, the aging of the world population and memory disorders with the widespread widespread understanding of memory shaping special factors, dementia and cognitive regression can shed light on interventions such as interventions, he said.