When friends recall their childhood memories – particularly when discussing them in relation to their own kids' behaviour – I hear reminiscences of rows with siblings over shared bedrooms, who had the biggest present under the tree, who was mum or dad's favourite.
That said, one can detect aspects of associationism in earlier writers, such as Descartes when discussing memory and Spinoza when discussing the emotions (see the entry on Descartes and on 17th and 18th Century Theories of Emotions. 4.
Just who was Susan Clancy, asked another, to challenge the work of people whose theories of memory and trauma were cited by the United Nations when discussing whether recovered memories of torture were admissible as testimony in an international war-crimes tribunal?
When discussing their favourite memories from raves together, they all recall the same details that made the whole package so special to them.
When discussing emotional aspects of perception, memory, and action, one useful framework is the notion that affective experience and behavior may be described in terms of distributed networks [ 1].
The intervention stirs painful memories in Welcome, and angry tears come to the surface when discussing the soon-to-be-released Grenada 14.
Amazon continues to refer to its competition by name when discussing the new device, saying it has a dual-core processor and "2x the memory of Chromecast," for example.
However, some midwives and neonatal nurses became distressed when discussing events some of which occurred some time ago and yet remained a strong memory.
Twenty years is a lot of Etch-a-Sketch shaking off the memory so I can't graphically recall all the details from my adventure, but random stories emerge anecdotally when discussing travel.
In some cases you might even have examples of colleagues, friends or family, but take care when discussing people you know well, as it might seem hurtful or dishonorable to that person's memory.
