The mind is not and, some claim, could never be transparent to itself.In "Metaphors of Memory", a Dutch historian of psychology, Douwe Draaisma, tells the story of conceptions of memory in different ages by way of metaphors thrown up by the technology of the time.
This pattern underlies the involvement of subjective recollection associated with visuospatial imagery, mental re-experiencing and self-referential processes (see [44], for a cognitive neuroscience conception of autobiographical memory) during this task.
If one accepts a less modular conception of working memory (e.g., Cowan, 1988, 2005), attention might determine how many stimuli from each domain are represented in a common, central store.
If one accepts a modular conception of working memory (e.g., Baddeley, 1986), attention governing the central executive could regulate how many stimuli held in each domain-specific buffer are rehearsed or refreshed; at least the initiation of a rehearsal cycle seems to require some attention (Naveh-Benjamin & Jonides, 1984).
Its principle commitment is to mental representations, called 'ideas' or 'images', that are believed to mediate all our experience of the world from conception to memory and perception.
Furthermore, our data also indicate a novel conception that improvement of memory deficit might be achieved by activation of CRTC.
This sampler of definitions suggests considerable variation in researchers' conception of what prospective memory is; by all of these definitions, prospective memory is required for such diverse tasks as monitoring a kettle, remembering to get groceries en route home from work, returning a library book by the due date, and taking high blood pressure medication every day.
The popular conception of what a memory is differs to the engineering or scientific definition, which is "a previous action that affects a future action".
Neither the conception nor the belief that are the ingredients of memory are formed on the basis of reasoning or testimony.
To test your understanding of memory, we compare several commonplace conceptions with insights from psychology..
