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Memory, such a fascinating function of the brain. In my opinion it is an underappreciated process of the human body. With memory comes the ability to learn and store new information and tasks, without it we wouldn’t know who our parents are, what language we speak, or recall experiences that happened in the past. We would be lost even if we are actually in the right place. Memory is processed in the hippocampus and then stored throughout the various parts of the brain. When damaged, various consequences can occur, such as anterograde amnesia or retrograde amnesia.
In the movie The Bourne Identity (2002) concepts of both memory and learning were illustrated. The character Jason Bourne suffered from what seemed to be retrograde amnesia, a type of amnesia where the individual is unable to recall his or her past. The retrieval of long term memory is negated due to this. Although the movie didn’t do such an extraordinary job of demonstrating how this occurred, the character Jason Bourne didn’t seem to suffer from any sort of head trauma. The only wound or trauma that were shown were two bullet wounds in his back which I highly doubt could cause loss of memory, last time I checked my brain wasn’t on my back.
The fascinating part about this concept was the fact that Jason Bourne had no clue of who he was or anything of his past but his ability of hand-to-hand combat and other non-verbal tasks were still intact. His ability to disarm someone and physically humiliate them in hand-to-hand combat was the same. He could also look at a weapon and distinguish it from others such as knife from a gun or types of guns such as a sniper from and hand gun. He ability to recall information that wasn’t in his conscious awareness was still intact as was his recognition of items previously learned.
Different parts of your brain hold different memories, information is spread throughout your whole brain, so Jason Bourne never really forgot all of his unique skills he was just unaware of them at the moment. He was able to tap into them when the time came. Throughout the movie Jason Bourne was able to recall certain fragments of his memory, certain explicit memories that he can triggered through the assistance of mnemonics – memory aids- to help clarify what he has to do and what his mission is.
When Jason Bourne was being pursued by authorities he came across a young women name Marie Kreutz, she was just a regular girl going about her regular day, when asked to drive Jason Bourne to an address in Paris she refused and was frightened, but as Jason Bourne used $10,000 as positive reinforcement she was more then willing to take him where he wanted. The stimulus (the money) gave her a reward, a good feeling, knowing this when Marie or any individual comes across something of this again he or she would again react to the stimulus to repeat this sensation of reward. But there was also a disadvantage to this taking the money also made her an accomplice thus she went through negative reinforcement as well, no that she also is being hunted she most likely wouldn’t take anymore money, I bet she learned her lesson. Never take money from strangers!
In the movie The Bourne Identity (2002) concepts of both memory and learning were illustrated. The character Jason Bourne suffered from what seemed to be retrograde amnesia, a type of amnesia where the individual is unable to recall his or her past. The retrieval of long term memory is negated due to this. Although the movie didn’t do such an extraordinary job of demonstrating how this occurred, the character Jason Bourne didn’t seem to suffer from any sort of head trauma. The only wound or trauma that were shown were two bullet wounds in his back which I highly doubt could cause loss of memory, last time I checked my brain wasn’t on my back.
The fascinating part about this concept was the fact that Jason Bourne had no clue of who he was or anything of his past but his ability of hand-to-hand combat and other non-verbal tasks were still intact. His ability to disarm someone and physically humiliate them in hand-to-hand combat was the same. He could also look at a weapon and distinguish it from others such as knife from a gun or types of guns such as a sniper from and hand gun. He ability to recall information that wasn’t in his conscious awareness was still intact as was his recognition of items previously learned.
Different parts of your brain hold different memories, information is spread throughout your whole brain, so Jason Bourne never really forgot all of his unique skills he was just unaware of them at the moment. He was able to tap into them when the time came. Throughout the movie Jason Bourne was able to recall certain fragments of his memory, certain explicit memories that he can triggered through the assistance of mnemonics – memory aids- to help clarify what he has to do and what his mission is.
When Jason Bourne was being pursued by authorities he came across a young women name Marie Kreutz, she was just a regular girl going about her regular day, when asked to drive Jason Bourne to an address in Paris she refused and was frightened, but as Jason Bourne used $10,000 as positive reinforcement she was more then willing to take him where he wanted. The stimulus (the money) gave her a reward, a good feeling, knowing this when Marie or any individual comes across something of this again he or she would again react to the stimulus to repeat this sensation of reward. But there was also a disadvantage to this taking the money also made her an accomplice thus she went through negative reinforcement as well, no that she also is being hunted she most likely wouldn’t take anymore money, I bet she learned her lesson. Never take money from strangers!