Key to this is the formation
of memories of events in our lives.
The movie then cuts away to some time later: Amos is the only survivor of an accident that killed ten men, and he sits, cowed and cloudy, in front of questioners, testifying mainly to his lack
of any memory of the events that wounded him.
Scientific American has a useful roundup of reports on everything from the still - uncertain health impacts of the dust to the accuracy
of memories of the event.
Not exact matches
Or you could take the advice
of Nelson Dellis, the four - time winner
of the USA
Memory Championship, the U.S. record holder in the «Names and Faces» event, in which contestants have 20 minutes to memorize the faces of 117 people and their first and last names, and one of the people behind ArtofMemory.com, a memory training app that teaches a variety of memory techn
Memory Championship, the U.S. record holder in the «Names and Faces»
event, in which contestants have 20 minutes to memorize the faces
of 117 people and their first and last names, and one
of the people behind ArtofMemory.com, a
memory training app that teaches a variety of memory techn
memory training app that teaches a variety
of memory techn
memory techniques.
This is a shared cultural
event at a time when the notion
of everyone watching the same program on the same network at the same time is a distant
memory, totally disconnected from our new reality
of Netflix (nflx), Hulu, Amazon Video (amzn), HBO Go or Apple TV (aapl) delivering our favorite shows, which increasingly aren't even produced by the major networks.
They'll treasure the
memories they create at these
events for the rest
of their lives.
The
memory of Clinton staggering and stumbling after leaving a 9/11 memorial
event last month was largely erased by Trump's destructive performance in the first presidential debate.
In this daydreaming state, we record mental notes and even file snapshots
of events and moments
of our lives into
memory.
A night's sleep, in other words, seems to strengthen our
memories of negative emotions and
events.
Exercise could strengthen some
of the pathways our brain uses to relay signals for recent
events, or boost the size
of certain brain regions that are key for learning and storing
memories.
A recent study published in the Journal
of Consumer Research found that people who were asked to think about the past were willing to pay more for products than those who were asked to think about new or future
memories; another experiment showed an increased willingness to give more money to others after recalling a nostalgic
event.
Our aging brains similarly show wear in the realm
of episodic
memory, the part
of brain function that handles recollections
of recent
events, like the last few chapters
of the book you put down yesterday, or what you had for breakfast.
But I was also saddled with the
memory of a mediocre 15th - place finish in a different
event.
The researchers added that Skygofree was «also capable
of taking pictures and videos, seizing call records, SMS, geolocation, calendar
events and business - related information stored in the device's
memory.»
Then there's the use
of Facebook as a kind
of digital scrapbook, to preserve life
events, shared moments, and
memories.
In addition, the
event also honours the winners
of the Rix Awards for Community and Corporate Citizenship, which are presented each year in
memory of past Board
of Trade Chair and renowned philanthropist Dr. Don Rix.
When a special char in an application running on a common operating system generates a
memory corruption issue, a holistic security immune system is the key to minimizing the impact
of a DoS
event.
If you're hitting up a networking
event with likeminded colleagues who are just as concerned about their
memory as you, consider initiating a friendly competition to see how many names each
of you can remember.
Americans typically have short
memories in regards to both trivial and political issues, but we have much longer
memories in matters regarding things that threaten our country and / or American citizens — as in the
events of 9 - 11 and thereafter.
qst If residual
memory of an
event is lost in the «foam» then at some point there would be no record
of your existence.
And as any psycologist can tell you our
memories of events get clearer and more accurate and concise the longer it is between the
event and the re-telling
of the
event, right?
As we shall soon see, Augustine in his Confessions repeatedly wonders at the faculty
of memory precisely because it allows us to revisit the
events of our lives and discern the trajectory that they describe.
Harold Berman was great company, and I cherish the
memory of many hours together at conferences and other
events.
Memory of these
events defined the post-war era, especially in Europe, but also in the United States.
In particular, Meier insists that the theophany must be excluded from all attempts to understand the
event, since it is a later Christian invention rather than a surviving
memory of some actual spiritual experience
of Jesus.
Faith as underlying rationality: In this view, all human knowledge and reason is seen as dependent on faith: faith in our senses, faith in our reason, faith in our
memories, and faith in the accounts
of events we receive from others.
Some psychologists have explained the apparent prevalence
of precognitive dreams in terms
of memory biases, namely a selective
memory for accurate predictions and distorted
memory so that dreams are retrospectively fitted onto subsequent
events.
If, however, a memorial involved true
memory, and not the mere production
of a picture or idea, then what is present is what is remembered, namely, the past
events.
The renewal
of the real presence was effected in many ways, but it focused in the Eucharist repeated specifically in
memory and symbolic reenactment
of the
event.
Although the press kit does not mention it, an excellent book on the
events that served as the basis for Moore's novel was published in 1996:
Memory, the Holocaust, and French Justice: The Bousquet and Touvier Affairs, edited by Richard J. Golsan (University Press
of New England).
Whitehead does not discuss
memory in these terms as Bergson does, but his theory
of prehensions
of noncontiguous
events illuminates
memory as well.
The fact is that legend is the form which the
memory of events assumes in what are called «heroic ages».
Some people have «
memories»
of events in the lives
of past persons, which have led to theories
of reincarnation.
For example, I look to the past and I believe that such and such an
event happened to me in my infancy
of which I have no
memory.
There are
memories of earlier
events and anticipations
of future ones.
His more general understanding
of Christian ~ experience has been colored by this personal frustration, with the result that he has reduced the Christian life to the mere
memory of a past
event (he labels this «Israel») which seeks to make its believers hard, tight, and controlled.
It was the culmination
of previous
events in the lives
of these men (summed up in their
memories of Jesus), and the creative starting point
of a new sequence
of events of which the world was soon aware.
Or do the accounts reflect varying
memories of the same
event?
Certain historical
events, however, will be re-presented directly in the
memory of the revelational
events?
Or was it only an
event in the lives
of the disciples — a change in their outlook as they came to realize through further reflection upon their dead and buried Teacher, that his influence still lived on, that his teaching had been true, that his life must be their example and his character a pattern for themselves to follow, that although he was dead he must still be revered in their
memory as their Lord whose spirit could still be recreated in themselves in so far as they dedicated themselves to the aim
of following in his footsteps?
In the
memory of the singular revealing
event and in contrast to the movement
of «rationalization,» it happens an «actualization»
of the uniqueness
of the original
event.
Take all
of your fondest
memories, mix them with your wildest dreams, put them together with the most beautiful places on earth, add in the most enjoyable people you know
of to be around, and if can imagine such an
event, you have not even come close understanding what God is preparing for those who love him.
As Johann Baptist Metz and John Cobb have seen in correspondence, it is the memoria
of the Christ -
event that plays a crucial role in the theological notion
of revelation.10 In this view a certain historical tradition
of narration and reflection recalls the experience
of a unique revealing
event by
memory.
Thus, the traumatic
event (s) become «stuck» in a person's body instead
of being stored as a normal
memory.
Moreover, if one recalls that
memory, for Aristotle, is that faculty whereby past
events are retained in images, then it should not be surprising that the action
of the imagination should be required for the elaboration
of universals through induction.
For another, the
memory of Jesus was so fresh that the
events of his life and his sayings did not seem to need recounting.
The
event had centered in the person and career
of Jesus, and the church's
memory of it was largely a
memory of Him.
Contemporary, or almost contemporary, records confirm the
memory both
of the
event as a whole and
of the central decisive position
of Jesus within it.
This therapy was based on a dubious account
of the operations
of memory, whereby traumatic
events cause instant amnesia («repression,» in a misuse
of that Freudian term).
The common faith
of the church — even though it is expressed in terms
of belief about the person — rests always, and only, upon the common
memory of the
event and the common experience
of the Spirit.