By: Sydney Totaro, Melanie Kirby, and Nejla Dzafic Mickey’s Memories By: Sydney Totaro, Melanie Kirby, and Nejla Dzafic

As a child, Mickey was a very curious little mouse As a child, Mickey was a very curious little mouse. He was always on the move using all of his senses to discover the world around him. Playing games with his friends were processed through Mickey’s short-term memory which is why he doesn't remember all of them. His mother often tells him stories about his adventures throughout childhood. These memories were once a part of Mickey’s sensory memory, the shortest-term part of memory that acts as a barrier for thoughts received through the five senses.

As Mickey grew up and explored his world As Mickey grew up and explored his world. The things he came into to contact with in his own home soon became neural activity in his brain also known as encoding. After he leaves his house to go to the park with his friends the thoughts he had in his house are placed into his memory storage. At night before bed, Mickey is telling Momma mouse about the fun day he had playing in his house and at the park. In order to do this he must go through the processes of remembering or retrieving his memories of his great day.

One of the strongest part of Mickey’s memory is his declarative memory One of the strongest part of Mickey’s memory is his declarative memory. This part of his memory helps him remember words, names, and dates, most importantly the day Disney World opened October 1, 1971.

As Mickey grows older he has to go to school As Mickey grows older he has to go to school. In school he learns his times tables and how to spell really big words. Sometimes Mickey has a hard time remembering spelling and multiplying. Mickey’s teacher told him in order to get better he should use rehearsal. This means he needs to repeat the answers to himself and practice multiple times a day.

As mickey’s life went on, his memories became less clear As mickey’s life went on, his memories became less clear. He could not remember what he had for dinner last Sunday, but he remembered all the important information. This information is stored in his long term memory.

His procedural memory allows him to remember how to play the piano even though he hasn’t played in a long time.

His episodic memory allows him to remember that Minnie’s favorite dish is chocolate cake on her birthday-November 18, 1928.

His semantic memory allows him to remember the president.

When Mickey is working on the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, he uses mnemonic devices to help him remember things he needs. While he fixes the leaky faucet, he uses the phrase “righty tighty, lefty loosey” to remember that turning it to the right will tighten it and turning it to the left will loosen the faucet. Mickey also knows that in order to make the clubhouse appear, he must say the magic words. He remembers the magic words because they all begin with an M. This also works as a mnemonic device because it helps him remember to say Meeska Mooska Mickey Mouse!

Mickey’s best friend Donald Duck once got into an accident at the Clubhouse. He hit his head when he fell down the steps. Although Donald was okay, his friends soon realized that he couldn’t remember anything that happened after his birthday 5 years ago. Donald Duck has retrograde amnesia. Luckily, because he has such great friends, his friends helped him out by making brand new wonderful memories with him.

When Mickey was a baby mouse, his parents got him a puppy-- Pluto When Mickey was a baby mouse, his parents got him a puppy-- Pluto. Mickey and Pluto grew up together and formed tons of happy memories. When Mickey was in school, Pluto ran into a tree while playing fetch. Pluto, as a result, got anterograde amnesia. Anterograde amnesia made Pluto unable to form new memories. But luckily Pluto could remember Mickey from earlier and easily recognized him every day from his previous memories. He knew he was loved and happy, even though he couldn’t form new memories.

On the date of their anniversary, Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse went out for a very special dinner. While they were eating, Mickey accidentally called Minnie Mouse by his ex girlfriend’s name, “Millie Mouse”. Mickey unfortunately experienced an example of proactive interference, when old information interferes with new information.

When Mickey was studying psychology in school, he had to study for his test on emotions. A few weeks later, in order to prepare for his new test on memory, Mickey studied the different terms for memory. However on his final exam he realized that studying for his new memory test had caused him to forget the information he learned about emotions. Because the unit on memory was fresh in his mind, Mickey knew this was due to retroactive interference.

Short term memory --sensory memory Encoding, storage, retrieval (sydney) Long term memory (melanie) Declarative memory (Sydney) Procedural memory (melanie) Episodic memory (melanie) Somatic memory (melanie) Rehearsal (sydney) Mnemonic device-- Nejla (2 done) One type of amnesia-- Nejla (2 done) One type of interference--Nejla