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  Engram - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
An engram or memory engram is an impression made physically in neural tissue of the brain by any mental stimulus, thereby explaining the persistence of memory.
Memory beams were able to influence one's memory by erasing engrams in the neural tissue.
Telepathic memory retrieval, as used by the Ullians involved their using telepathic abilities to retrieve and expand lost or faded memory engrams of an individual.
memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Memory   (341 words)

  
 Persistence of Memory review
Persistence of Memory is an interesting spin on war IF, though an extremely brief one, as well as yet another in a large collection of one-location games in the 1998 competition.
Persistence of Memory is susceptible to a wide variety of interpretations; it is to the author's credit that he doesn't fill in many of the blanks.
Persistence of Memory does, I think, what it was trying to do: it's a short piece of IF set in wartime that raises complex questions of a soldier's personal responsibility and the needless loss wrought by war.
members.cox.net /dns361/memory.html   (812 words)

  
 The Persistence of Memory
Memory is a confabulation colored by emotion, desire, denial and our need to please others.
In short, memory is not a "thing" that can be pushed around by the therapist's hands, but an event of the mind that is essential for normal functioning.
Loftus and her colleagues in the clinical research community have proven that the "repression" of traumatic memory is a myth and that "recovered memory" is a result of the interaction between the client and the therapist, not the discovery of an actual event.
www.barrettdorko.com /articles/persistence_of_memory.htm   (1528 words)

  
 News: The persistence of memory: Do this in remembrance of me
A memory, once it has come to mind, has the power to catalyze our whole interior world and route everything toward its object, especially if this is not a thing or a fact, but a living person.
Americans have Memorial Day, the day in which they remember those who fell in all the wars; the Indians have the Gandhi Memorial, a green park in New Delhi that is supposed to remind the nation who he was and what he did.
It is a memorial because it recalls the event to which all of humanity now owes its existence as redeemed humanity: the death of the Lord.
www.anglicansunited.com /2007/06/the_persistence_of_memory_do_t.html   (679 words)

  
 Reading Group Guide: The Persistence of Memory
The details of the scene are surprisingly vague given Paul's remarkable memory, and they stand in stark contrast to the gruesome details of Lyddie's massacre in Owamboland.
But exiles tend to hold on to their memories very tenaciously, fixing a place, time, and people into memory the way you might "fix" a photograph.
The people who stay wind up rearranging their memories, rather the way one might rearrange the furniture in a lived-in house and then think the bed was always in that corner, the picture always on the wall.
www.wwnorton.com /rgguides/persistenceofmemoryrgg.htm   (1638 words)

  
 Persistence of Memory Print | Persistence of Memory Posters
La persistencia de la memoria (1931) or The Persistence of Memory is quite possibly the most famous painting by artist Salvador Dali.
Dalí reported that once it was known in America, it was normal for reproductions to be made in fl and white and as a result, he encountered several copies by artists unfamiliar with the original, and consequently executed in a range of colours.
It will be noted that the imagery of The Persistence of Memory can be read as a representation of Einstein's Theory of Relativity, symbolizing the warping of time by gravity; Einstein's equations lay at the core of the science of nuclear reaction, which presumably inspired Dali to revisit this particular work.
www.u4posters.com /persistence-memory-posters.html   (1380 words)

  
 PsyBlog: The Persistence of Memory
Of all Daniel L. Schacter's seven sins of memory it is the last, persistence, that is the most polarised in its effect (Schacter, 1999).
While the persistence of memory can be vital to our survival, at the same time it can leave us haunted by past events we might rather forget.
The fact is that, of the seven sins of memory, it is easiest to see the positive, adaptive nature of memory's persistence.
www.spring.org.uk /2008/02/persistence-of-memory.php   (1189 words)

  
 The Persistence Of Memory
Free the persistence of memory and the persistence of memory, Information about the persistence of memory.
Memory is the ability of our brains to retain the things we have learned.
It has been proven beyond all reasonable doubt that short and long term memory can be improved by listening to binaural sound in the alpha range.
memory.mind-sync.com /updates/thepersistenceofmemory.html   (410 words)

  
 Reading Group Guide: The Persistence of Memory
The details of the scene are surprisingly vague given Paul's remarkable memory, and they stand in stark contrast to the gruesome details of Lyddie's massacre in Owamboland.
But exiles tend to hold on to their memories very tenaciously, fixing a place, time, and people into memory the way you might "fix" a photograph.
The people who stay wind up rearranging their memories, rather the way one might rearrange the furniture in a lived-in house and then think the bed was always in that corner, the picture always on the wall.
www2.wwnorton.com /rgguides/persistenceofmemoryrgg.htm   (1638 words)

  
 The Persistence of Memory
"The Persistence Of Memory" by Salvador Dali was painted in 1931.
The Eb clarinet is used to help push the section into memory, fade it into the distance using a long sustained fading high E. It seems like a distant memory by the time we hear the heart re-emerge into the piece at a central pitch again.
Our memories are refreshed, and given a relapse of the sounds from the introduction, which completes the cycle in this finale, and locks our memory into a loop.
www.ciaranhope.com /tpom.htm   (2265 words)

  
 Memory - National Geographic Magazine
Turn the human brain upside down and all around to see how memories are saved (or lost).
Her extraordinary memory is not for facts or figures, but for her own life.
Indeed, her inexhaustible memory for autobiographical details is so unprecedented and so poorly understood that James McGaugh, Elizabeth Parker, and Larry Cahill, the neuroscientists at the University of California, Irvine who have been studying her for the past seven years, had to coin a new medical term to describe her condition: hyperthymestic syndrome.
ngm.nationalgeographic.com /2007/11/memory/foer-text   (424 words)

  
 Memory Encoding, Storage Retention and Retrieval
Memory is retention of information over a period of time.
This was one of the earliest studies of memory in psychology.
Understand your brains natural memory rhythms and take advantage of them to improve your memory, memorization skills and enhance your learning capabilities.
brain.web-us.com /memory/memory_encoding.htm   (1740 words)

  
 Harvard University Art Museums - Past Exhibitions
The persistence of memory, personal and collective, living and historical, has been a determining force in American cultures.
Immigrant histories perhaps constitute the most important component of the culture of memory in the Americas, and include Native American memories of the pre- and post-European contact periods; African American memories of unrecorded African origins, enslavement, and liberation; and Euro-American memories of separation, acculturation, and assimilation.
The objects in The Persistence of Memory have been selected and displayed to suggest that the power of culture and the survival of its artifacts are determining forces in the development of American social discourse.
www.artmuseums.harvard.edu /exhibitions/fogg/past/persistence.html   (183 words)

  
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And the portability of memory is as essential as its persistence.
The Memory Stick slot did allow for familiar removable-media storage and file transfer (especially handy because the Clié is also a digital audio player and music is a great enhancement for labor and play alike).
The Memory Stick generates its own file structure so that when the user is ready to access particular files, they are sifted into neat little folders for easy moving, manipulating, and managing.
www.emedialive.com /Articles/ReadArticle.aspx?CategoryID=33&ArticleID=5222   (1650 words)

  
 The Times-Tribune - The persistence of memory
For him, both are, at their core, about nurturing and creating memories.
Memories are the common thread between his paintings as well.
Each is about “spacial exploration and painting from memory.” One piece depicts a Japanese temple he can recall from his early years.
www.thetimes-tribune.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=19077147&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=450444&rfi=6   (1102 words)

  
 Cosmos #11 Persistence of Memory
Thus old or frequently-accessed memories seem to be stored as multiple copies in many places.
This complicates things like eyewitness testimony enormously since memories of witnesses are only as good as the patterns their brains use.
This conservatism often causes undesirable or obsolete features to persist long after their utility is lost.
www.uwgb.edu /dutchs/CosmosNotes/cosmos11.htm   (2089 words)

  
 MySpace.com - Persistence of Memory - Lexington, Currently U.S South Carolina - Experimental / Progressive / ...
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www.myspace.com /persisofmem   (953 words)

  
 Salvadore Dali Prints and Posters for Sale
His best known work, The Persistence of Memory, was completed in 1931.
The general interpretation of the work is that the soft watches debunk the assumption that time is rigid or deterministic, and this sense is supported by other images in the work, including the ants and fly devouring the other watches.
For instance, the hallmark soft watches that first appear in The Persistence of Memory suggest Einstein's theory that time is relative and not fixed.
www.decor-8-with-art-posters-prints.com /salvadore_dali.html   (2015 words)

  
 Persistence of Memory
Another leaf falls in the waning year -- nothing new is here it was the same the year before The continents drift slowly by, the sea, where cities used to be, still rises toward a higher shore.
Once ages ago when we were new, there was much to do, and Mankind's memories to keep; Exploring the Earth and sea and sky, and worlds beyond that lie like islands in the starry deep.
The leaves are covered with their winter's pall, snow begins to fall as in the many years before; The continents dance their ancient minuet, not needing to forget the cities they once lightly wore.
thestarport.org /people/steve/Doc/Songs/memory.html   (317 words)

  
 femgenficathon: Persistence of Memory, Hermione Granger and her Mum, PG
They have never bothered with silly things like children or bosom friends to hold them back, and when they found they had the chance to move to Australia as they have always dreamed, to begin a new chapter of their lives, they jumped.
The name tastes familiar to her tongue, as if it is a word that her mouth is used to shaping, though she has no memory of it.
The pain in her head is nowhere close to the anguish she can't explain that seems to be twisting at her heart.
community.livejournal.com /femgenficathon/52687.html   (4068 words)

  
 On Memory
The Art Of Memory -- The Art of Memory, was said to have been invented by a poet named Simonides (according to Cicero).
False Memory -- Elizabeth Loftus, "The most horrifying idea is that what we believe with all our hearts is not necessarily the truth."
Memory Optimizer, a fun, bold approach to vastly improve your memory.
www.magicstream.org /memory.htm   (348 words)

  
 Persistence of memory - Latino Perspectives Magazine - November 2007 - Phoenix, Arizona
She eventually quit her job as an accounts payable clerk for a health insurance company to become a consultant for Creative Memories, a scrap book supplies company.
Not only is the hobby an important method for preserving family memories, it gives the maker a chance to take a breather, Favela says.
For Weinshenker, though, what “really brings that story to life is the words.” Correspondence from the past about another person or event, observations and memories, even a thank-you letter penned to someone who’s died can provide powerful words for your mini-movie.
www.latinopm.com /Latino-Perspectives-Magazine/November-2007/Persistence-of-memory   (3133 words)

  
 The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory, c.1954 Posters by Salvador Dali at AllPosters.com
The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory, c.1954 Posters by Salvador Dali at AllPosters.com
In his 1954 painting, “The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory,” Salvador Dali symbolically breaks down his famous “The Persistence of Memory” to represent the consequences of an atomic bomb.
The Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory, c.1954
www.allposters.com /-sp/The-Disintegration-of-the-Persistence-of-Memory-c-1954-Posters_i328802_.htm   (222 words)

  
 mental_floss Blog » Feel Art Again: The Persistence of Memory
Salvador Dali’s La persistencia de la memoria (The Persistence of Memory), like the Mona Lisa, is one of the most famous and most referenced paintings of all time.
The Persistence of Memory has come to be known by many other names, including Soft Watches, Droopy Watches, The Persistence of Time, and Melting Clocks.
The Persistence of Memory seems to be the transition between his phases.
www.mentalfloss.com /blogs/archives/8671   (817 words)

  
 Journal of Vision - Accumulation and persistence of memory for natural scenes, by Melcher
Long-term memory (LTM) for pictures lasts longer but may rely on abstract gist, raising the question of how it is possible to remember details of natural scenes.
We studied the accumulation and persistence of memory for pictures shown for 1–20 s.
No loss of memory was found for picture detail over a 60-s interval, even when observers performed a VSTM or reading task during the delay.
journalofvision.org /6/1/2   (224 words)

  
 MNEMONIC TECHNIQUES AND SPECIFIC MEMORY Tricks to improve memory, memorization memorization memorize method memorizing ...
Be sure to differentiate between comprehension and memory, keeping in mind that understanding is often the best way to remember.
This technique was used by ancient orators to remember speeches, and it combines the use of organization, visual memory, and association.
This is convenient because it is the average amount of numbers that a person can keep in his or her mind at one time.
brain.web-us.com /memory/mnemonic_techniques.htm   (1715 words)

  
 Nepenthe Catalog - Tim Story - Persistence of Memory
Just over a year later, the duo has released The Persistence Of Memory, a 56 minute homage to their pre-, post- and Gatherings concert collaboration.
Without rhythm, the music twists and shifts in imaginative ways and the listener is soon lost in the thoughts, memories and passions of two extraordinary talents.
To produce The Persistence of Memory, Roedelius and Story had to enter the darkness of improvisation.
www.nepenthemusic.com /catalog/memory.html   (208 words)

  
 Voice Literary Supplement: Persistence of Memory
The scholar of mainstream Western culture quickly collides with an enshrined collective memory that can confine just as surely as it preserves continuity and enables the extension of tradition.
The curse that the scholar of African and African-American studies bears, by contrast, is the absence of a printed, catalogued, collective culture memory.
Faced with the fractured generational memory left by slavery, the fl scholar welcomed the influences, the familial obligations.
www.villagevoice.com /specials/vls/174/kennedy.shtml   (1861 words)

  
 Tony Eprile : The Persistence of Memory : Book Review
A person with a photographic memory, he is, from the outset, a victim of his memory.
His "persistent memory" will not allow Paul to forget any of the racial incidents he has seen in the army, the torments that have been visited upon him, or the abuses of power both against him personally and against those considered enemies by the SADF.
His philosophical musings about memory and metaphor near the end of the book raise important questions about society and national "memory," how a country constructs its memories of the past in order to make it acceptable, and careful readers will savor the language and sheer intelligence of Eprile's comments.
www.mostlyfiction.com /world/eprile.htm   (786 words)

  
 PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY - Coffee Time Romance
He has lost everything, his memories, his life, his husband.
Joah has no memory of their life before he was taken and he has a microchip in his head that can kill him over time.
Persistence of Memory is a hang-on-to-the-edge-of-your-seat kind of book.
www.coffeetimeromance.com /BookReviews/Persistenceofmemory.html   (251 words)

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