Leila Gonzalez

Dr. Sharity Nelson

November

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Discourse of the Hippocampus: a Rhetorical Analysis

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In the journal Hippocampus there’s an article entitled Rest Boosts the Long-Term

Retention of Spatial Associative and Temporal Order Information. In the articles the Author’s

Michael Craig, Michaela Dewar, Sergio Della Sala, and Thomas Wolbers are speaking to an

audience of neuroscientists with a specialty in the studies of the Hippocampus, Psychology

experts, cognitive aging and cognitive epidemiology specialists, scientists with a specialty life

science/ neurology and behavioral and Brain Science specialists. The article argues “rest boosts

memory by promoting hippocampal replay/consolidation of recent experiences, then the

beneficial effect of rest in humans should extend to complex hippocampal tasks, for which replay

has been demonstrated, i.e. associative memory and sequences.” The Article focuses on utilizing

the conventions to relay the methodology and results to support the hypothesis. (Craig, et.al)

Craig’s article is effective in supporting its argument because the peer reviewed article utilizes

logos and ethos to maintain topicality within the genre of neuroscience (find specific specific

genre).

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Craig’s utilization of ethos in the footnote to establish credibility in the article is effective

because it falls within the umbrella of the material discussed in this article and in the journal in

which it was published. “Human Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University

of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom” (Craig et al) Craig’s experience and knowledge in

the fields of neuroscience and psychology make his a credible source in the topic of brain

function and the effects of testing the variable of rest on memory function in participants.

Craig et al usage of logos is highly apparent in the scoring and results sections of the

article detailing Experimentation methodology and specific testing utilized during

experimentation fit the criterion of a peer reviewed article in the field of psychology and

neuroscience. “Associative memory test The total number of correct responses, i.e. the number

of correctly stated directions traveled at decision points (e.g. right turn), was extracted. Raw

scores were then transformed into a percentage of correct responses by dividing the number of

correct responses by the total number of landmarks, i.e. (number of correct responses/8) 3 100 ”

(Caraig et al) Logical reasoning and explanation for conclusions drawn and overlap in testing

areas and factors.

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