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"I must confine myself to few examples,but am ready to furnish other and more complete details,if required.If my pictures are displeasing,coarse,and severe,my subjects must be recollected,offer no tranquil,refined,or composing features.The condition of human beings,reduced to the extremest states of degradation and misery,cannot be exhibited in softened language,or adorn a polished page.I proceed,gentlemen,briefly to call your attention to the present state of insane persons,confined within this Commonwealth,in cages,closets,cellars,stalls,pens! Chained,naked,beaten with rods,and lashed into obedience."
Dorothea Dix,1843
-The revivals of the Second Great Awakening inspired


Definitions:

Storage

In the context of psychology, it refers to the retention of information in the brain over time; a key component of the memory process.

Trace Consolidation

The process by which memories become more stable in the brain, transforming from a vulnerable state to a more permanent one.

Encoding Specificity

The principle that the recall of information is improved if the cues present at the time of encoding are also present at the time of retrieval.

Context and Memory

The way in which the situation or environment in which information is learned can affect recall of that information.

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