Forgetting

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Are there things you’d rather not remember? Megyarsh

Going, going, gone: the where and why of memory erasure

By Jee Hyun Kim, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

If you could erase your memories, which ones would you choose? As a neuroscientist, one of my raisons d’etre is to achieve, in a way, some form of memory erasure, especially for individuals that suffer…
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Getting rid of negative memories is increasingly within our grasp. taylor.a

Remembering to forget: how to erase unwanted memories

By Amy Reichelt

Memories influence our behaviour for better or worse. A traumatic incident, experienced once, can darken our lives for ever more. Drug or alcohol addiction – driven by remembered rewards – can render…
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We all know the past disappears. FotoRita [Allstar maniac]

Explainer: what is forgetting?

By Jee Hyun Kim, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

If memory can be defined as “a past that becomes a part of me”, can forgetting be defined as “a past that is no longer a part of me”? Smokers who have abstained for years may not consciously be able to…

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