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Out of Memory

2001
Out of Memory? 7 Learn mnemonic strategies to improve your own memory 7 How to remember the names and faces of new people. 7 Scientific information for psychology students 7 Study skills, Educational activities & Lesson plans, Games, and mnemonic devices to help Memorization 7 Spelling, Multiplication Tables, & Foreign languages, and Geography terms for school 7 Interactive databases: ideas for & abstracts of Science Fair Projects, as well as research (including Developmental Psychology or Neuroscience to Reliability of Eyewitness Testimony or Repressed Memories) at universities, and other institutions 7 Descriptions of types of memory loss and recall problems 7 Information on dementia, specific diseases, brain injury, and short term memory problems 7 Explanations about Alzheimer's targeted to grandchildren and family 7 Electronic Postcards - to send to friends or as reminders to yourself! 7 Interactive database of Historical Monuments and Memorials: images and explanations 7 Improve Learning, so memories are successfully transferred into & retrieved from long-term storage. 7 Links to historical markers and websites to search family genealogy memories 7 Learn how individuals and museums help to preserve family, institutional, and cultural memories through rituals, holiday celebrations, or preservation of significant traditions and artifacts! 7 Learn how sensory cues, such as scents and music, help us retrieve information from long-term memory. Dedicated to the world of Memory, Out of Memory celebrates the importance of this often forgotten, overlooked phenomenon. Don't Forget to Visit this ?Site to Remember?!

Award

2001 Achievement Award

Team

EmilieJEFFERSON HIGH - SCI/TECH, Annandale, VA, United States


GiacomoLiceo Scientifico Statale Paolo Giovio, Vacallo, Switzerland


MichaelAKAD, Pfaeffikon / SZ, Switzerland


Age Range

19 & under

Coaches

Edith SutterlinU.S. Library of Congress - CRS, Annandale, VA, United States


Gerry WyderUniversity of St.Gallen, Lugano, Switzerland


Giancarlo Rossigovernmental institution, COMO, Italy


Category

Social Sciences & Culture > Education

Science & Technology > Technology > Education

Audience

All ages

Language

English