The human capacity to forget is not merely a failure of memory but a fundamental adaptive mechanism. Memory suppression and intentional forgetting involve the active inhibition of unwanted or ...

Much geographical attention is paid to issues of memory and its relationship to place. Yet, there has been less disciplinary interrogation of what goes on when one forgets. This paper argues that ...

One of the most actively debated questions about human and non-human culture is this: under what circumstances might we expect culture, in particular the ability to learn from one another, to be ...

An important part of the human brain has to work harder to actively forget a memory than it does to remember it, according to the results of a newly-published study. The research is a step towards ...

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If you didn't forget things, you'd be in for a world of trouble. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Forgetting is part of our daily ...

Social learning is typically thought to be most beneficial when the environments in which individuals live change quite slowly – they can safely learn tried and tested information from one another and ...

For most people, it would be hard to imagine a life in which the mind did not routinely discard once-remembered details—from temporarily memorized facts and figures to the characteristics of people ...

Everyone forgets something sometime so I don't believe forgetting where I left my glasses or not remembering an item I wanted at the store has anything to do with age. My grandchildren forget more ...