Forgetting may be a functional feature of the brain, allowing it to interact dynamically with a dynamic environment. Credit: Dr Nora Raschle. Forgetting may be a functional feature of the brain, ...

We create countless memories as we live our lives but many of these we forget. Why? Counter to the general assumption that memories simply decay with time, ‘forgetting’ might not be a bad thing – that ...

What causes forgetting? This is perhaps the most central question to memory research and motivated even the earliest memory research, yet remains hotly debated today. One of the oldest theories of ...

Aleida Assmann, a professor at the University of Konstanz, analyzed the forms and functions of forgetting during a lecture on Wednesday. The lecture, Forms of Forgetting, was co-sponsored by the ...

The next time forgetting inconveniences us, we should stop and consider its virtues. Forgetting allows us to manage our complicated lives – encouraging us to remember what’s important, inspiring us to ...

In the quest to fend off forgetfulness, some people build a palace of memory. It’s a method for memorizing invented in ancient times by (legend has it) the Greek poet Simonides of Ceos, more recently ...

Neuroscientists today report the first results from experimental tests designed to explore the idea that “forgetting” might not be a bad thing, and that it may represent a form of learning – and ...