To Remember, the Brain Must Actively Forget

Quanta Magazine ^ | https://www.quantamagazine.org/to-remember-the-brain-must-actively-forget-20180724/ | Toma Vagner

[DUMBGRUNT]

Researchers find evidence that neural systems actively remove memories, which suggests that forgetting may be the default mode of the brain.

“Without forgetting, we would have no memory at all,”

The reason, he thinks, is that the brain doesn’t know straight away what is important and what isn’t, so it tries to remember as much as possible at first, but gradually forgets most things. “Forgetting serves as a filter,” Hardt said. “It filters out the stuff that the brain deems unimportant.”

[FamiliarFace]

Your Rhino syndrome has an actual name. It’s called the doorway effect. It has been studied and is a very real phenomenon. It happens to pretty much every one of us.

For more info: https://www.google.com/search?q=doorway+effect&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-us&client=safari

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the link.

Every member of our family has the doorway effect.