Mary-Kaylin Linch's Blog

    My invention work for Project II is this outline. I planned on writing a simple argument that traumatic memory is not reliable. B ut my professor pointed out the need for an action to be taken based on the argument made. So, the action part is not in the outline but this is the information I based the application/action on.  Outline for a Argument Paper Introduction a.      Personal experience with PTSD and recounting memory accurately. b.      Thesis Statement: Although human memory is complex and varied. traumatic memory is less reliable than general memory due to fact that the brain is not naturally inapt to experiencing and recounting trauma.    II.     First Supporting point: Trauma causes dissociation Evidence-Decrease in hippocampus leads to recall difficulty (#1) Evidence- Highly emotional events lead to perception that is skewed; emotions lead to dissociation (...

      My professor, Mrs. Gordiva, pointed out several missing "puzzle pieces" that my polished essay now has. Her comments are displayed below and mainly consist of relating the information back to how it applies to and affects the real world. I was struggling with finding a strong relation between the researched information and current application but knew I wanted to relate it to criminal investigation. My professor guided me to find the exact claim I needed to point to throughout my essay. She then suggested I point to that claim in every paragraph. My polished draft a addresses all suggestions made. 

           This is a topic you will find that is personal to me. Initially, I chose to research the reliability of traumatic memory and with peer editing added in the variable of how it applies to the real world. The essay is proving two points simultaneously: memory is complex and there are few personnel that are truly qualified to properly assist a subject to extract traumatic memories while keeping in mind the subject's well-being.  The Complexity of Traumatic Memory “Regardless of whether one accepts the concept of traumatic amnesia … memory does not operate like a video tape, emotionality does not confirm veracity, and implicit memory cannot simply be translated into narrative memory” (Colin et. al.). When I was eight, I was diagnosed with a chronic, incurable condition known as Hydrocephalus and have had ten brain surgeries since to treat it. One of the worst years, medically-speaking, was 2017 and I can only remember bits and pieces o...