Martin A. Conway
Institute of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, England
Studying Memory With SenseCam: The Future of Memory Research
December 4.,
csütörtök - 17:00. BME, XI., Stoczek u. 2., St. ép., 320.-as terem.
Thursday, December 4th, 17:00. BME, Budapest, Stoczek u. 2, St. Building, room 320.
Abstract:
I describe
the use of a new camera from Microsoft, Cambridge Research Laboratories, not
yet commercially available, called 'SenseCam'. SenseCam (SC) is worn around the
neck and automatically takes colour photographs in response to sensory changes
it detects. Wearing SC for, say, 2 hours produces approximately 150 to 200 photographs
that can be viewed, days, weeks, months, or years later, typically at a rate of
one picture per second. Thus, a two-hour event can be viewed in just a few
minutes. The effects of SC photographs on memory are quite remarkable and
induce what I term "Proustian moments" of amazingly detailed and
vivid recollection of events that cannot otherwise be remembered or only poorly
remembered. In this paper I describe a neuroimaging study of SC and current work
with several amnesic patients. And, if I
remember......., I will wear an SC for the presentation.
Contact:
Racsmány, Mihály
BME-Kognitív Tudományi Tanszék
BME- Department of Cognitive Science