In recognition of his work in psychology, the “forgetting curve”—the loss of learned information—is sometimes referred to as the “Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve.” The graph on the left shows the …

The importance of forgetting Long thought to be a glitch of memory, the ability to forget is actually crucial to how the brain works, researchers are realizing.

People think we should remember what is important (and we often do) but when we forget something important we either dismiss it and/ or can’t believe it would happen to us. No one really thinks they …

We discuss whether you can actually control what you remember and what you forget. And we discuss some of the interesting —and ordinary—circumstances in which memories can become distorted or …

The graph at right, known as the Ebbinghaus curve, demonstrates how rapidly his subjects (and most of us) forget such information. We typically only remember 58% of meaningless information, 20 minutes …

Add the gerund or infinitive form of the verb in brackets. Hi Sara! I'm so sorry, I've been meaning ________ you for ages but I have been so busy with work. (call) Remember ________ your …

As we recently marked yet another anniversary of this tragic event, I am reminded of how easy it is to forget. Recount the patriotism and emotions of the nation.