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·April 20, 2024·5 min read

Why We Forget: New Insights into Everyday Memory

A new study investigates why everyday actions like locking a door are often forgotten. Researchers explored how people tend to remember significant events rather than routine details.

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·August 21, 2023·5 min read

Forgetting: Not a Flaw, But a Brain’s Hidden Feature of Memory

Recent studies suggest that forgetting might not just be a mere oversight of our brains, but a dynamic response to our changing environments. Neuroscientists propose that as environments shift, forgetting irrelevant memories can foster adaptability and better decision-making.

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·March 27, 2023·7 min read

Forget About It: How We Purge Thoughts From Our Mind

Study sheds light on the mechanisms involved in removing information from the working memory and concludes forgetting information requires a lot of effort.

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·April 14, 2022·4 min read

Forgetting Does Not Reverse the Learning Process

Forgetting generates a novel brain state that is different from either the one before learning occurred or the one that exists while a learned behavior is still remembered.

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·January 13, 2022·3 min read

New Theory Proposes Forgetting Is Actually a Form of Learning

Researchers propose forgetting memories or things we have learned may be a functional feature in the brain and actually an additional form of learning.

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·October 3, 2019·6 min read

Key to learning and forgetting identified in sleeping brain

Using optogenetics to dampen delta waves of rats during sleep resulted in weaker memory reactivation and promoted forgetting. The findings could have significant implications for treating PTSD in humans.

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·March 11, 2019·4 min read

Forgetting uses more brain power than remembering

Intentional forgetting may require more attention to the unwanted information, rather than less.

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·September 7, 2018·3 min read

How the Brain Forgets on Purpose

Researchers implicate the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and hippocampus in in our ability to actively forget a memory.

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·June 20, 2018·1 min read

Forgetting May Help Improve Memory and Learning

According to researchers, there is some benefit to forgetting information. A new study report forgetting information plays a positive role in learning and can improve long term memory retention.