The Upside of Forgetting

2014-09-18

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Why we forget things and how there's a silver lining. What was I talking about?

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References

Hadziselimovic, N., Vukojevic, V., Peter, F., Milnik, A., Fastenrath, M., Fenyves, B. G., ... & Stetak, A. (2014). Forgetting is regulated via Musashi-mediated translational control of the Arp2/3 complex. Cell, 156(6), 1153-1166. http://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(14)00148-2

Kuhl, B. A., Dudukovic, N. M., Kahn, I., & Wagner, A. D. (2007). Decreased demands on cognitive control reveal the neural processing benefits of forgetting. Nature neuroscience, 10(7), 908-914.

Loftus, E. (1980). Memory: Surprising new insights into how we remember and why we forget. Reading (Mass.). A little dated, still a classic. Download free here: http://bookzz.org/dl/2055307/034e45

Storm, B. C. (2011). The benefit of forgetting in thinking and remembering.Current Directions in Psychological Science, 20(5), 291-295.

Music

"Hallon" (by Christian Bjoerklund): http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Christian_Bjoerklund/Skapmat/christian_bjoerklund_-_skpmat_ep_-_01_-_hallon

8 - l'antre du diable (by rap2h): https://www.freesound.org/people/rap2h/sounds/223241/

"Raro Bueno" (by Chuzausen): http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chuzausen/Awesome_Is_Grey/06_chuzausen_-_raro_bueno