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

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 ...

Key points There are three distinct forms of forgetting. Our most intractable forgetting can be prevented with self-talk and by sharpening the focus of our attention. Retrieving a memory depends on ...

Forgetting is a necessary condition of human existence. It allows us to set aside the inconsequential, so we can recall what’s important. Good memory depends on forgetting the irrelevant. Forgetting ...