How technology has impacted the professional field I am studying at the university?

tecnhnology impact on psychology 

Technology during the university career in psychology has had great contributions, especially in times of pandemic where the meeting of students and teachers was not possible, through platforms and applications they were able to have classes, it also has a contribution to the environment since it facilitates books, blogs, guides, virtual essays to avoid wasting paper. It also helps people who must work while studying, can be educated or can learn through videos or recorded classes. technology has been an important addition to the professional work of psychologists, since it allows the permeability and access of mental health in isolated regions, through the ability to have synchronous meetings, which was quite difficult before the current pandemic began, being thus a positive implementation in the current context On the other hand, one of the disadvantages would be the limitation of interpersonal relationships, which is very important for the development of certain communication skills of the human being, however, it also influences the different forms of learning where in certain cases some people prefer virtuality . In general terms, the pandemic left new challenges and ways to adapt to the constant change and evolution of technology.

false memory research

Memory is a cognitive system that allows us to record, store, process and retrieve information about what we experience, on some occasions with high levels of precision and on others with dangerous inaccuracies.  The latter have been called False Memories and have captured the interest of researchers for at least the last two decades

One of the characteristics of human memory is that it stores small significant elements of memories; In other words, it stores "general ideas" of the plot of a story and the rest of it has to be inferred or reconstructed. False memories can be created in this process of reconstruction of history

Elizabeth F. Loftus has focused most of her research on the psychological and legal aspects of distorted or false memories. In a series of studies, she has shown how easily memories and beliefs can be shaped. She demonstrated that eyewitness testimony is often unreliable and subject to contamination and manipulation. In some of her best-known work, she has shown that false memories can be activated in people simply through the power of suggestion. Thus, researchers have tried to investigate memories that have not been well formed and see how the brain deals with them

The six-year study shows that the same mechanism that updates bad memories can also seriously distort them if it occurs in the wrong situation. "Surprisingly, we found that the same process can, in some circumstances, lead to incorrect memory updating. We also identified a molecular mechanism, called reconsolidation, that could be mediating this process. Sometimes a poorly formed memory can be mistakenly reactivated in a similar, but irrelevant situation. The brain can then update the memory of that irrelevant situation, making the memory incorrect, instead of creating a new and completely different memory of the new situation."

This research issue is fascinating, although it is not certain that it works in humans, they have only practiced with mice, it would be a great contribution both to science and to directing these updating mechanisms therapeutically to treat memory and anxiety disorders where memory formation is poor as the findings show that memory updating mechanisms that are activated after recall can refine and enhance recall.

educational neuroscience 

Uniting researchers from educational psychology, cognitive neuroscience, educational technology, and other disciplines, this emerging field focuses on the interactions between biological processes and education.  Researchers in educational neuroscience examine the neural mechanisms of reading, math comprehension, attention, as well as such learning disabilities as dyslexia and attention deficit disorder. 

educational neuroscince

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