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.
Researchers propose forgetting memories or things we have learned may be a functional feature in the brain and actually an additional form of learning.
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.
Intentional forgetting may require more attention to the unwanted information, rather than less.
Researchers implicate the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and hippocampus in in our ability to actively forget a memory.
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.
A protein called Scribble appears to orchestrate the intracellular signaling process for forgetting, a new study reports.
A new study reports what you forget could be key to what you learn and remember.
