3. Create original memory games and hypotheses that will examine the relationship between sight and memory.
What LeDoux doesn't know is whether the original memory is lost or simply can't be retrieved.
The flies noted this new information, and erased their original memory.
Only in the past decade have researchers determined that, while the original memory may be inhibited, it doesn't vanish.
Are we clear?" Frederic tries to tell him he's not OK with that and that he needs his original memory cards back.
Anisomycin had prevented the synthesis of protein -- and without new protein, the reconsolidated memory could not be glued into place, and the original memory apparently vanished.
After repeated recall and cross-examination, our true, original memory may be harder to recall and we could become unreliable narrators of our own stories.
Instead of their original memory being rewritten, Phelps believes they gained a second memory – that the squares were harmless – which was stored alongside their original experience.
"Is there some interfering process that out-competes the original memory, or does the original memory disappear altogether?" Some research on flies suggests that forgetting isn't just a matter of decay but an active process in which the old memory is taken apart.
Evaluation / Assessment: Students will be evaluated based on participation in memory game activity, class and pair discussions, thoughtful creation of original memory games, hypotheses to explain outcomes, and well-documented results of their experiments.
Loftus's results raised a fundamental question about the biology of the brain: if misinformation can be incorporated so seamlessly into a person's recollection of an event, what becomes of the original memory?
