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Memory Encoding
Long-Term Memory Encoding Since then the MMSE has gone through revisions and been translated into at least 16 other languages (Steis & Schrauf, 2009). The primary intended patient population is the elderly, who tend to suffer from cognitive problems at a much higher rate than the rest of the population; however, it can also be used to track cognitive improvements in patients who are being treated for head trauma or mood disorders (Folstein, Folstein, and McHugh, 1975).
The card trick shown on page 265 in Coon and Mitterer (2013) provides a demonstration of how human memory works. An individual is first presented with six face cards from a deck of cards and told to focus on a single card of their choice, so that the person will be able to remember it later. The cards are removed from sight and the individual is presented with five face cards that do not include any of the face cards presented initially. If the individual remained focused on only one card in the first set of cards then he or she would be unaware that all of the cards were changed, resulting in the individual believing the trickster could read minds. This card trick reveals how attention is required for memory encoding. Coon and Mitterer (2013) call the failure of the individual to remember any of the other cards 'encoding failure.'
The MMSE consists of 11 questions and takes is less than 10 minutes (Malloy et al., 1997). The first question queries the patient about their awareness of time orientation, such as the year, season, day of the week, and date. The second…
References
Coon, D. & Mitterer, J.O. (2013). Introduction to Psychology: Gateways to Mind and Behavior with Concept Maps and Reviews (13th ed.). Independence, KY: Cengage Learning.
Folstein, M.F., Folstein, S.E., & McHugh, P.R. (1975). A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 12(3), 189-98.
Malloy, P.F., Cummings, J.L., Coffey, C.E., Duffy, J., Fink, M., Lauterbach, E.C. et al. (1997). Cognitive screening instruments in neuropsychiatry: A report of the Committee on Research of the American Neuropsychiatric Association. Journal of Neuropsychiatry, 9(2), 189-97.
Steis, M.R. & Schrauf, R.W. (2009). A review of translations and adaptations of the Mini-Mental State Examination in languages other than English and Spanish. Research in Gerontological Nursing, 2(3), 214-24.
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0-14 you may want to consider getting a professional evaluation" (Mohs, n.d.). In regards to this memory test the first two questions in which you were given three words and then a name and address to remember, the concept of encoding was being used. In order to retrieve these pieces of information from my memory, I first had to encode them. Once they were encoded they were stored first in my