We tend to think of forgetting as a sort of void, an absence of memory. It's associated with stupidity and aging; it is the most heartbreaking symptom of the modern scourge of Alzheimer's.

And while forgetting the name of someone at dinner is normal, forgetting how to use your fork and knife isn’t. Ultimately, forgetting isn’t something to fear – in ourselves or others.

They showed that the interplay between learning, memory and forgetting broadens the conditions under which we expect to see social learning to evolve.

One of the most common early symptoms of dementia is memory loss - but forgetting names and places is not always automatically a cause for concern ...

We often experience forgetting as a frustration, or a glitch in the memory system. But new research shows it has real value.

Memory is protective, holding on to red flags so they can be waved at you later, to guide your future behavior. But forgetting is protective too.

I wish I could prescribe Lisa Genova’s new book, Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting, to everyone who comes into my clinic asking about why that hard-to-get name sits at ...

Forgetting is essential, some researchers now argue, because the biological goal of the brain’s memory apparatus is not preserving information, but rather helping the brain make sound decisions.

The human brain is capable of storing 300 years of continuous video. Why, then, do we forget to do mundane things like turning off the lights or calling our friends back?

Memory and forgetting work in unison. We depend on our memory to record, to learn and to recall, and we depend on forgetting to countervail, to sculpt and to squelch our memories.

Forgetting may help improve memory and learning Date: June 20, 2018 Source: American Physiological Society Summary: Forgetting names, skills or information learned in class is often thought of as ...

But a couple of decades of research into the way memory works — and the way it doesn't — has led him to the conclusion that forgetting, at least under normal circumstances, is essential.