FISH Psychology 🐟 咸鱼心理学 🐟

What do you think our memory is like? Do you think that memories are permanent and they stay the same as the first time you encode them? Well, the truth is not❌, our memory is not static. It is reconstructive and malleable. Today we would like to debunk the common misbeliefs about memory ! -- Simon and Chabris (2011) conducted a survey to assess the general public’s common incorrect beliefs about the properties of memory. The findings suggested a discrepancy between popular belief and scientific empirical evidence about the properties of memory. Below are the five main misconceptions the general public has about human memory! -- Statement 1: The testimony of one confident eyewitness is enough evidence to convict a defendant of a crime Myth 1: Eyewitness memory is sufficient for conviction Eyewitness memory refers to an individual’s previous recollection of experience on a specific event typically related to criminal events such as robbery. Eyewitness memory plays an important key...

Are you having trouble remembering things ? For instance, you have ever experienced forgetting where you parked your car in a shopping mall car park, your mind went blank and empty while taking an exam or test, or you often forget about important meeting or class which makes you missed them out. If you have ever experienced those or other events that suggest you have poor memory, fret not! Today, we will be sharing some tips to help you improve your memory 😉  (Again, do keep in mind that these tips are subject to each individual, do adopt which you think you find most helpful and suitable ya!) -- Below are the tips to improve memory performance: Tip 1: Use mnemonics! Mnemonic is a technique that significantly aids in remembering information. The first letter of the needed-to-be-remembered term will be associated with the first letter of another word. For example, you can remember all the 7 colours of rainbow🌈, by using the acronym : ROY G. BIV, which is Red, Orange, Yellow, Gree...

One of the amazing things our brain does is forming new memories 💌. What is memory? Memory is a function of the brain that allows us to acquire, store, and retrieve information. It includes three main processes: acquiring , storing , and retrieving information such as knowledge, skills, concepts, past experiences, and more into our brain. Types of Memory Memory can be divided into two main types: short-term and long-term (see picture 1). Picture 1 Short-term Memory (STM) Short-term memory is the system storage that retains information for a short period of time. It has a limited capacity where an individual can only remember 7±2 items (which is 5 to 9 items). In order to store information for a longer period of time, it requires review otherwise without reviewing the information will disappear and be no longer accessible. Examples of STM memories are remembering the amount of food bill to be paid, remembering the phone number you have just been told. Working Memory (WM) Similar t...

Have you ever seen the illusions in pictures 1 and 2🤔?  Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Both lines A and B (picture 3) in both illusions have the same length , but we perceive them as one longer than the other. Why is that so🧐? It is due to the failure of size constancy . - What is size constancy? Size constancy is the tendency of our visual system to perceive the object as the same size regardless of the change of the perceived distance and size on the retina. Size constancy failure explanation Ponzo Illusion In the 🔹Ponzo illusion🔹, the diagonal lines would be seen as ascending to the horizon, hence line A would be perceived as being further away from line B. If both line A and line B are the same sizes, then line A should be perceived as being shorter. However, as the length of line A exceeds the given range of the two diagonal lines, it would then be perceived as being longer compared to line B. As a result, given these two factors, line A would be perceived to be longer t...

Are you sleeping well lately😌? Or Are you suffering from insomnia 🐼? Hopefully, you have had a good night’s sleep recently! Today, we are going to share some tips to maintain or improve your sleeping quality! -- Importance of Sleep Do you know that sleep can affect us physically , emotionally , and mentally ? When you have poor sleep quality: Prolong low sleep quality or insomnia would make you gain weight and increase the risk of health problems such as liver cancer ( physically ) It makes you have impaired brain function such as being unable to concentrate or focus on a task ( mentally ) Poor sleep makes you fussy and easily angry ( emotionally ) When you have good sleep quality: It reduces the stress level in your body ( emotionally ) It improves your brain functioning such as better concentration, thinking, and able to be productive ( mentally ) It reduces the risk of you getting health problems ( physically ) We would like to share 4 different tips to help you maintain and i...

How are you feeling now? Can you recognize the emotion of it? Anyway, we hope you are feeling great today! Today, let’s dive into human’s emotion🙂☹️😡😱🤢😮! What is Emotion? Emotion is the conscious experience that is subjective to each individual. For example, one may feel anger and grieve at the loss of a loved one while others may experience extreme sadness. It consists of two components : A physiological (bodily) response , which is not limited to automatic bodily responses, pounding heart, and sweating palms. A subjective feeling , which includes sadness, happiness, surprise, anger, fear, and disgust. Theories of Emotions Below are the explanations for the 2️ common theories of emotion that explained how humans experience emotion: 🔸James-Lange Theory of Emotions🔶 This theory suggests that emotion arises from physiological arousal. When our organs receive external impulses, the afferent impulses would be first delivered to the cortex through the spinal cord and perceive the o...

Illusory Contours Have you ever experienced a situation where you can identify an object or shape without needing the contour (or outline) of it? In visual illusion👁️‍🗨️, this is known as illusory contours, where you can perceive the outlines of an unexisting shape😲! - What is Illusory Contour? Illusory contours refer to visual illusions of perceiving and recognizing contours in an object that is not physically present (none exist). Examples of Illusory Contours 1️⃣Kanizsa Triangle (Kanzsa, 1955) The Kanizsa Triangle was first created by Italian psychologist Gaetano Kanizsa in 1955. As shown in the image above, a white upside-down triangle can be perceived as occluding the upright triangle and the three circles even though there are no explicit outlines whatsoever. Besides that, the white upside-down triangle also appears brighter than the surrounding white background. In fact, the white upside-down triangle actually does not exist at all and it has the same brightness as the backg...