Forgetting is great. We need to do more of it. That's the essence of a story titled, "You Must Remember This: Forgetting Has Its Benefits," that recently ran on wsj.com. It's a great read and very heartening to those of us who study and read about memory problems to the point that we can hardly have a conversation with a colleague without wondering, on the sly, if he or she is slipping just a bit - especially if that colleague is over the half-century point in life.
Read more about healthy forgetting:
Forgetting is great. We need to do more of it. That's the essence of a story titled, "You Must Remember This: Forgetting Has Its Benefits," that recently ran on wsj.com. It's a great read and very heartening to those of us who study and read about memory problems to the point that we can hardly have a conversation with a colleague without wondering, on the sly, if he or she is slipping just a bit - especially if that colleague is over the half-century point in life.
Read more about healthy forgetting: