Clive Wearing Clive Wearing has one of the worst cases of amnesia ever recorded. A renowned conductor living in London, he was at the peak of his profession when he contracted a virus in 1985. Clive is now 67 years old and living in a brain injury unit where he has constant supervision. Clive's descent into brain damage came frighteningly quickly one weekend in March 1985 when he returned home from work looking flushed and feverish. On Saturday his headaches started. By Tuesday he was no better
Multi-Store Model Of Memory… In the multistore model of memory, the stores are static: they just hold information. Information is transferred between the stores by control processes; i.e., information can only enter short term memory if the person pays attention to it while it is in sensory memory (this is the control process of attention); the short duration of short term memory can be extended by the control process of maintenance rehearsal. If information is maintained in short term memory for
Discuss ethical considerations related to research studies and the biological LOA. In the case studies of Clive Wearing, HM and Sperry ethical issues may be presented as all of participants were not always fully aware of the studies being done. HM and Wearing suffered of anterograde amnesia meaning they could not retain information or memories for longer than a few moments. This caused some ethical issues with consent and deception. Whereas Sperry’s study involved participants who were fully
the patient having an impaired understanding of speech and reading. It also results in the inability to repeat words, especially ‘non-words’. Another example, which shows how the brain exhibits localization of function, is the case of Clive Wearing. Clive Wearing was an accomplished musician before contracting the herpes simplex encephalitis in 1985, a virus known to only cause cold sores. The virus spread to his brain causing his hippocampus to be damaged. The
Eventhough he had severe difficulty transferring information to his long-term memory, his short-term memory was virtually normal. Question: Does the above case study support the multi-store model of memory? If so, how? The case of Clive Wearing: In 1985, Clive Wearing contracted a virus that normally causes cold sores (a type of herpes virus). However, instead of it forming a cold sore it attacked his brain (around the temporal lobes and in particular a region called the hippocampus) causing damage
on real people and their experiences with memory, rather than carrying out an experiment in the laboratory and using the results from that. This then makes the model a lot more valid and means that it can be used in everyday life. For example, Clive Wearing who has lost the
memory and that words later in the list were still in short term memory. Terry (2005) tested recall for serial position effects in the recall of television adverts which supports earlier laboratory experiments. Case studies such as the case of Clive Wearing have also been used to support the existence of different memory
Structure of the multi-store model According to the multi-store model of memory (Atkinson & Shiffrin, 1968) memory can be explained in terms of 3 stores (sensory store, short term store and long term store) and 2 processes (attention and rehearsal). Information first enters the sensory store (also known as sensory memory) directly from the senses. It remains in the sensory store for a maximum duration of around 2 seconds before it decays and is replaced with new information. If information in
however arguable weather the media have played a key role in uncovering controversies, as there are other factors that contribute to this, such as the coming forward of a witness or even the publication of a book such as the “The right to know” by Clive Wearing which unveiled the Belgrano scandal. Source 13 and 15 agree with the statement that the journalist played a key role, source 14 disagreed that the journalist played a key role. One source that agrees with the statement that the journalist
result in hallucinations or symptoms of mental health disorders such as Korsakoff’s syndrome. Case studies such as that of Clive Wearing also support the biological model as Clive Wearing had a brain injury and so did not have a long short term memory span yet he could remember how to do procedural tasks such as playing the piano. A weakness of this support is that Clive Wearing is a specific case and can not, therefore, be generalised to other individuals. The biological model also states that infections
process is damaged the whole process will be damaged thereby making it hard to retrieve and recall memories. An example of this is Clive Wearing, who is an important case study for this model of memory. After suffering from an illness, doctors found that his hippocampus was damaged. The hippocampus is an important part of the brain that is used for creating memories. Clive was only able to remember his wife, but could play the piano. He became a man trapped in the present being unable to create new
In the following essay, I will attempt to uncover the assumptions and interrelationships of cognition and physiology in terms of behaviour of amnesia. I will explore 4 different studies in relation to cognition and physiology, and evaluate their positive points and negative points. Firstly however, we must define what cognition and physiology stand for in terms of psychology. Cognition is the mental process of gaining and processing knowledge and understanding through thinking, experiencing and through
Evaluate two models of memory with reference to research studies (22 marks) The following essay aims to make an appraisal of two models of memory whilst weighing up the strengths and limitations of each. Memory is defined to be the mental process of encoding, storing and retrieving information. Memory undergoes a series of stages in order to store its information. First the encoding process: incoming information is organized and transformed so it can be entered into memory. Secondly storage process:
Outline and evaluate the multi-store model This essay will outline and evaluate the multi-store model. What is the multi-store model of memory? According to Atkinson and Shiffrin (1968), the multi-store model can be explained in terms of three stores; the sensory store, the short term store and the long term store and also two processes; attention and rehearsal. The model proposes that information first enters the sensory memory store, from the environment, where is stays for a short period of
STM so you are only able to write some of the words down. The whole of the experiment proves that there is a long term and a short term memory which MSM states exist. Clive Wearing is a man that suffers from the world’s worst case of amnesia. His memory is 30 seconds long and he doesn’t have the capacity to make new memories. Clive proves that MSM is true because the part of his brain that was damaged has stopped memories from being transferred from the STM to the LTM. Weaknesses: KF, who suffered
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vocabulary, even though he could function perfectly well in other respects, again due to the STM damage, as whatever memory (such as new vocabulary) would be kept for 1-2 seconds, after which it would have to be repeated to be remembered. Clive Wearing Clive Wearing was a talented musician and broadcaster, who was highly educated. However, when he contracted an infection named ‘encephalitis’,
May 1, 2012 Cloud 9 Performance Analysis The play that I attended was Cloud 9, April 18 at Trinity University. I did not do much research previous to watching it to keep a clear mind and separate from any reviews. While the play started I read the dramaturg note, which gave me some sort of background on the writer and the play. Cloud 9 was written by Caryl Churchill in 1976; and this time directed by Stacey Connelly. The performance was presented successfully by the director, actors, managers
withdrawal on the incidence of autism: a total population study." Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry. 46.6 (2005): 572-579. “Jenny McCarthy: My son’s recovery from autism.” CNN. 4 April. 2008. 13 May. 2009 “Life Without Memory: The Case of Clive Wearing, Part 1.” Learner.org. 1999. 15 May 2009 “Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine.” Center for Disease Control and Prevention. 23 December 2008. 30 April 2009 “Measles.” World Health Organization. 25 January. 2008. 15 May. 2009 “Mumps
Beardsley, 1997 (STM) and Squire et al, 1992 (LTM). This research shows there must be two separate memory stores. Case studies also give valid evidence of the Multi Store Model; such as Clive Wearing. His long term memory is intact but his short term memory is extremely limited, with it only being at times a sentence long. Clive is able to play his piano and able to recognise his wife, exhibiting his long term memory. He remembers his children, remembering their teenage years but not their present life;