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Articles by Michael C. Wiseman

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Confabulation, Repression, and Memory Replacement: Remembering Creatively
October 14, 2010 - 3195 words | Psychology » Memory
The specific purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the factors that would permit an individual to dissociate himself from his true identity, including at a minimum threshold the change in knowledge of some personal events. It is not required that a person believe... Read Article »

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Confabulation Memory Memory Replacement STM LTM Imagination Inflation Alzheimers Amnesia Memory Repression
Birobidjan: The Story of the First Jewish State
April 1, 2010 - 4977 words | History » Jewish History
The world's largest menorah is not in Jerusalem, Lakewood or even in Crown Heights; it can be found in the town square of  Birobidjan, the capital city of the eponymous Jewish Autonomous Oblast of the Soviet Union. The menorah is 21 meters high, uses nine 500... Read Article »

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Birobidjan Birobidzhan Biro Amur Amursky Amur Zionism Jew Jewish Yiddish State First U.S.S.R. Russia Siberia Fail JAO KOMZET OZET Israel Stalin Oblast Autonamous Autonomous Nat First Jewish State
Nora as a Doll in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House"
March 31, 2010 - 2396 words | Theatre » Henrik Ibsen
In A Doll's House, Nora Helmer spends most of her on-stage time as a doll: a vapid, passive character with little personality of her own. Her whole life is a construct of societal norms and the expectations of others. Until she comes to the realization that her life... Read Article »

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Henrik Ibsen A Doll's House Nora Torvald Norway Krogstad Cummings Dream Helmer Theatre
Ivan's Transformation and Coming to Terms in Leo Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Illyich"
March 30, 2010 - 2460 words | Opinion » Leo Tolstoy
In Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Illyich, the story's protagonist--Ivan--is dead before the story begins. The first chapter concerns itself with some of Ivan’s work associates. With the exception of a posthumous cameo, Tolstoy completely omits the title character... Read Article »

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Ivan Illyich Medallion Leo Tolstoy Tolstoy Death Of Ivan Illyich Transformation Development Character Respice Finem Doctor

Michael C. Wiseman graduated in 2011 with a concentration in Psychology from Lander College For Men in New York, NY.