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Papers by yousef mamdouh
New Memory Science, 2020
"There appears to be something mysterious about memory powers, failures and disparities that draw... more "There appears to be something mysterious about memory powers, failures and disparities that draw attention, compared to any of our other cognitive abilities." Jane Austen One thing we don't care to think over is our memory. We use our memory every day, but don't think about how we use it. Schools are requiring students to memorize multiplication tables, poems, birth dates, death of important people and what they did through their life, wars and many others. Every aspect of our daily behavior and life is affected in one way or another by our capabilities to remember past events and experiences. We need memory as a prerequisite for life, learning, and for self-protection. Without memory, we cannot face the present, or plan for the future. Example: Imagine a person with no ability to remember; If this person had been spoken to, he would not understand your words since the vocabulary of language and the meaning of words would be forgotten. Furthermore, if called by his name, he would not answer because would simply forget. If this person wakes up, he will not know how to wash his face or wear his clothes. Simple, everyday actions must be learned and stored in our memory and remembered when needed. This paper will discuss and explain what memory is, how we store information and recall it, experiments conducted on memory, and differences between remembering and recognition, short-and long-term memory...
New Memory Science, 2020
"There appears to be something mysterious about memory powers, failures and disparities that draw... more "There appears to be something mysterious about memory powers, failures and disparities that draw attention, compared to any of our other cognitive abilities." Jane Austen One thing we don't care to think over is our memory. We use our memory every day, but don't think about how we use it. Schools are requiring students to memorize multiplication tables, poems, birth dates, death of important people and what they did through their life, wars and many others. Every aspect of our daily behavior and life is affected in one way or another by our capabilities to remember past events and experiences. We need memory as a prerequisite for life, learning, and for self-protection. Without memory, we cannot face the present, or plan for the future. Example: Imagine a person with no ability to remember; If this person had been spoken to, he would not understand your words since the vocabulary of language and the meaning of words would be forgotten. Furthermore, if called by his name, he would not answer because would simply forget. If this person wakes up, he will not know how to wash his face or wear his clothes. Simple, everyday actions must be learned and stored in our memory and remembered when needed. This paper will discuss and explain what memory is, how we store information and recall it, experiments conducted on memory, and differences between remembering and recognition, short-and long-term memory...