Consider the encoding, or acquisition, stage. While witnessing an - TopicsExpress



          

Consider the encoding, or acquisition, stage. While witnessing an unexpected, complex event there is often confusion, distraction and fear. On top of this, there is an illusion of sorts that we are taking in the details of the scene. But studies show that the brain is actually primarily absorbing the gist of the scene and few of the details. This reflects a phenomenon called change blindness – people tend not to notice visual differences in the details of a scene. So what actually gets stored in the second stage of memory is full of gaps. The brain doesnt like gaps, especially when theres a need to understand what was just witnessed. These gaps are often filled in unconsciously with inferences, deductions or other processes that are not very reliable.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 09:57:55 +0000

Trending Topics



Recently Viewed Topics




© 2015