This week we are focusing on chapter 5 which talked about quite a bit on how our brain processes and how memory works. Our class was told to describe what we thought about the saying “use it or lose it” in regards to memory in the brain. I believe this phrase is very relevant and very much so supported by this chapter. The chapter discussed in great detail about short term, long term, and working memory. On page 124, the book also stated “memory is neither a single entity nor a phenomenon that occurs in a single area of the brain”. Memory is a long process of storing in our brains where we have to revisit thoughts in order to keep them present and alert to remember them. Therefore, “use it or lose it” is a very broken down and simplified term that can be supported by this chapter in our book.
The two research reviewers posts I viewed were very interesting to me. The first one I looked at was from group 3 and it discussed how our brain processes sign language and gave a perspective from a deaf individual. This correlated with our book perfectly. I shared my thoughts stating that I was amazed how our brain broke down sign language. The links were awesome to share of the man signing the whole time because I feel like sign language should be displayed more so that other individuals are more exposed to this community and understand more of what is going on. The second post I commented to was group 5. The articles that were shared through this group were very much like mine I shared on how remembering things takes lots of storing in the brain. This is why you remember some things, but not others that are just faint in our brains. The links shared showed in depth how our brain makes many memories and how they are embedded in our mind.
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