LTM
info from sensory may get distorted when entering LTM
sometimes assumption is what enters LTM
info presented after event could alter memory

Retrieving Info
tip of the tongue phenomenon - failure in retrieval
recalling events with content cues
reconstructing memories, misinformation effect, source monitoring, reality monitoring
retention - proportion of ( Read more... )

Rembrandt était né  15 juillet, 1606; mais l’experts disqutent que il est plus précise dire il était né á 1607. Quand il avait vingt ans il a enseigne dans un studio d’art en Leiden, le Pays Bas. Deux annés apés, une courtisiane découve et parle avec Prince Frederik Hendrik au subject de Rembrandt van Rijn’s peintures. Le prince achetait les ( Read more... )

Religious Wars of France - (1562 - 1598) 40 years of civil way/ conflicts within states were ususally between Protestants and Catholics; conflicts between states often saw politiccal interest or dynastic rivalries outweigh religious interests ( Read more... )

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CroatiaFollowing World War I, Croatia joined the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (comprising what is today, Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia). Shortly thereafter, this joint state in turn formed a union with Serbia to form the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (which eventually became Yugoslavia in 1929). Yugoslavia was ( Read more... )

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Scary title, isn’t it? That’s my senior project as a Neuroscience Major. I had entered college looking forward to a major in Applied Psychology, and maybe taking Neuroscience as a minor. That all changed after I really got to know the subject well. There were just too many fascinating things to learn, and so much left unlearned and unexplored in ( Read more... )

Europe is, and has been throughout history, a vast and powerful continent. Politically, socially, and resourcefully, it surpassed all others for many centuries. However, during the 19th century, the stability of Europe threatened to fail and overthrow the balance of the entire world. Two men rose, each at different times, to unite, empower, and ( Read more... )

It's easy to tell who has lived through war and who has not. Those who haven't speak of war in terms of glory and conradry; of daring fights and near-death expiriences which turn out to be funny in the end. Those who have, never speak of it at all. The impact of their expiriences is to horrific to relive ( Read more... )

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When the industrial revolution was in full swing and had proved that it was there to stay, concerns began to grow over the conditions of the worker. The emanciated, overworked, and underpaid human skeleton became a common symbol for the worker's plight and often an accurate description of most laborers. In the realm of politcs, different theorums ( Read more... )