PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Clive Wearing, Sensory Memory, Working Memory
24 Nov 2012
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If you follow the induced states it will give you mental imagery. They try to use imagery as a tool for therapy. One theory: hypnotist is in control of the person"s body. Other theory: we tend to become certain people-we have boundaries of behaviour. If you attempt to do that-people think they are weird. When people are hypnotized they are free of their box. You keep your personality but you get to act out. When hypnotist pushes the boundary-they will fall asleep. When the body stops getting stimulation from the outside world, it starts to create its own-the internal world. Brain wants its stimulation, otherwise it will create its own. Clive wearing: he had herpes and syphilitics-affected the brain area (related to memory) Hippocampus is important for creating new memories. Memory is about the future to some extent. Memory: memory is at play whenever the past influences the present behaviour.
