Episode Of Memory Analysis

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In this episode of perceptions, I believe they portrayed several aspects correct about memory. However, I also think that they got the aspect of memory incorrect. I will discuss these aspects in the context of the woman that was maliciously coerced into murdering her husband. The woman and several others had a brain implant for deep brain stimulation. This brain device was intended to stop tremors in those who suffer from Parkinson’s disease. Her device was overstimulated which sent her into an angry fit in which she murdered her husband. She wakes up and remembers being angry but not the murder itself. If her brain was being overstimulated, then the amygdala would be overstimulated as well. This would make sense that she became angry because