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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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