Human Memory Personal Statement

Ever since my first psychology lecture, I have been fascinated by the nature of human memory. Indeed, human memory is one of the most tenacious and enigmatic problems ever faced by philosophers and psychologists. I intend to spend the rest of my professional life researching the nature of human memory and solving the riddle posed yet cunningly dodged by generations of philosophers and psychologists.
When I first came to psychology, however, I wanted to be a clinical psychologist. Only upon enrolling in Cognitive Psychology course, did I discover the excitement of doing research. The course required us to test topics like attention, perception, memory, language, reasoning and decision-making. Suddenly, I had many pressing questions about memory that I wanted to research.
I worked closely with my professor on several research experiments involving memory, specifically mindfulness. Also around this time my grandfather passed of Alzheimer. Which Alzheimer is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. This only sparked a bigger interest in memory and to help get a better understanding of the mind.
The opportunity to perform this research was invaluable, particularly as I began my research seminars in my senior year. For the seminar, I was required to write an extensive review of the literature and then design a research proposal on any with a group on a topic telepsychology. Although my research had geared me toward memory and mindfulness, and not telepsychology I was better able to figure out what I wanted to do after I graduated. I had dedicated my undergraduate years to preparing myself for graduate work in cognitive and behavioral psychology. It was, after all, my undergraduate research experience that gave me the opportunity to come to psychology with and to leave with a passion for investigating the nature of human