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Memory, place and aboriginal settler history
It is a study of the consciousness past among the Aboriginal settlers through their
experiences traced from their memory of the myths, history of land occupation. Their
experiences in the past can be portrayed by the cross-cultural relations that declined in the
Aboriginal population. The settler has an understanding of history by coming together to
reconstruct past activities. They provide an evocative account about the past in the current
century, as Krichauf's analysis concentrates on the historical consciousness (Krichauff, 2017).
We realize that there is the settler descendant's consciousness of the past in a tentative
connection with the Aboriginals and experiences. We have the absence of the Aboriginals in
south Australian settler descendants in historical consciousness. Methodologies and theories of
historical inquiry investigate how the past is known, visualized, and comprehended by today's
generations through intertwined or multitudinous approaches.
There is a relationship between memory and biology as the long-term memory entails the
hippocampus of the mind hence a notion by the scientists that the hippocampus binds elements
of a memory stored in various parts of the brain thus an aid in memory organization or
consolidation in the transfer of information to long term memory (Alberini & LeDoux, 2013).
The part of the brain that processes the memories determines the part where memories are stored,
for instance, visual memories that end up in the visual cortex. There is, therefore, a
correspondence of the memories to fluctuations in hormone levels, brain protein synthesis,
changes in neurotransmitter from neurons hence a notion that there are specific neural circuits for
particular memories. Formation of the long-term memories results in long term potentiation
change at the synapses henceforth becoming more responsive. The researchers, therefore, assert
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long term potentiation as the primary process that stimulates memory and learning in individuals
in various settings.
Reflection
I, therefore, agree that the colonial past is known through lived experience in dwelling
places, material things, social interactions between individuals facilitating settler-aboriginals
reconciliation in the past. Therefore, we have a standing or a foundation about the absence of the
aboriginal masses in the south Australian settler descendant's historical consciousness. It is due
to the influence of oral histories, personal experiences that contributes to memories in individuals
(Krichauff, 2017). Therefore a person's memory is a prerequisite for the production of
information that is usually passed from one generation to the other, making memory not
comparable to random terrain where things don't matter. Things disappear mysteriously unless
remembered by an individual at a specific time due to personal experience and shared with
others. Therefore, a notion that historical past enables tracing of past activities or practices as
embedded in people's cultures.
I agree that memory or learning can be explained by the nucleotide rearrangement theory
that asserts the correlation between learning and memory and training that leads to lesser
probabilities of forgetting or memory deterioration. Impairment of RNA synthesis impairs the
individual's memory (Kandel et al., 2014). We also have the theory of cellular modification
proposed by Kandel that focuses on sensitizing, conditioning to learning, and memory. There is a
relation between the increased secretions of neurotransmitters and high response rates to sensory-
motor neurons synapses leading to sensitization or conditioning. Serotogenic interneurons
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enhance synaptic responsivity resulting in prolonged closure of potassium ion channels that
increase action potentials duration in sensory neurons. The hippocampus located in the temporal
lobe has a crucial role in memory as it consolidates short term memories and long-term
memories, leading to the formation of new memories based on experiences (Boeckle & Bugnyar,
2012). Long term potentiation takes place in the hippocampus to enhance an increment in neural
responsivity. However, the severe damage of the left and left hemispheres of the hippocampi can
lead to amnesia in an individual.
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References
Alberini, C. M., & LeDoux, J. E. (2013). Memory reconsolidation. Current Biology, 23(17),
R746-R750.
Boeckle, M., & Bugnyar, T. (2012). Long-term memory for affiliates in ravens. Current
Biology, 22(9), 801-806.
Kandel, E. R., Dudai, Y., & Mayford, M. R. (2014). The molecular and systems biology of
memory. Cell, 157(1), 163-186.
Memory, place and aboriginal-settler history [electronic resource]: understanding Australian's
consciousness of the colonial past / Krichauff, S. (2017):
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