my girlfriend is doing a presentation on why we forget?

Question

any ideas to make this interesting . We have come up with the rolo advert where the elephant whacks a man

Answer 1

You could give a memory test. At the beginning of the presentation, read a list of random words. Tell them to try to remember them without writing them down. At the end, use flashcards to show words, some of them on the list, some not. Have them write down whether or not they think they were on the list. When it's over, show them the original list and let them score themselves.

People like to be quizzed and like presentations better when they get to be involved. Make sure you quiz them with words that were not in the original list but that she did use during the presentation to make it more difficult.

Answer 2

what research have you done? Look into reasons for people's memmory, from memmory the hippercampus or the cerebal quartex are the main parts of the brain for memmory. The frontal lobes are important for immediate recall, but as with every sensative subject, if you change one thing then there is a big difference. Brain damage is a good place to start, a celebrity that is key to the audience is often handy for a presentation.

Answer 3

crap-sake and rose-merr are right. If something unpleasant happens, we tend to block this from our memory. This explains why many genuine asylum seekers are rejected. I have often read, in a rejection, that since the applicant was unable to give details of his treatment, or remember the exact date when he/she was released from prison/the police station, it is obvious that he/she has simply recited a true story, but one that he/she had learned and not his/her own story.

Answer 4

You could get some ideas from psychology, there is alot of ideas on memory in this subject.

Answer 5

at the start do something very memorable like stripping naked and juggling frozen chickens while singing Springtime for Hitler and tell them that is something that they will remember for the rest of their lives. That would be powerful

Answer 6

forgetting incidences can be part of a self- preservation/protection mechanism, ie, we don't want to remember really painful things so our memory help us by making it seem better than it was or forgetting very painful things

Answer 7

sounds interesting
have her stop during presentation, pretending she is forgetful, and then explain a reason why she might forget?

Answer 8

I go with KyLeth on this one, brilliant idea.

Answer 9

let me know cuz i forget alot, too much.

Answer 10

i had a good idea but i forgot what it was