AI tools like ChatGPT can now remember everything about us. But is a perfect digital memory actually a psychological trap?
Forgetting in our day to day lives may feel annoying or, as we get older, a little frightening. But it is an entirely normal part of memory—enabling us to move on or make space for new information. In ...
But latest research suggests forgetting is good for the brain. Seems like the kind of contradiction we didn’t really need in ...
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 ...
Neurologist Andrew Budson and neuroscientist Elizabeth Kensinger not only explain how memory works, but also share science-based tips on how to keep it sharp as we age in their new book, "Why We ...
“Why drag about this corpse of your memory,” Emerson offered in “Self-Reliance.” It was an invitation to let go of past beliefs and things once said aloud — indeed, former versions of ourselves — for ...
Ever walk into a room and instantly forget why you went there? Psychology has a name for this surprisingly common experience.
Friedrich Nietzsche said that the happiness of individuals depends on forgetting at the right time and remembering at the right time. The same applies to the happiness of relationships. In an earlier ...