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phenomenon > memory phenomenon > forgetting

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forgetting  

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  • "Forgetting is defined as the lack of availability, partial or total, temporary or permanent, of memories of lived events or of information previously encountered, processed or learned." (Della Sala & Cubelli, 2021, p. 157).

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  • forgetfulness
  • oblivescence
  • oblivion
  • obliviscence

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Creator

  • Frank Arnould

Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Davis, R. L., & Zhong, Y. (2017). The biology of forgetting—A perspective. Neuron, 95(3), 490–503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2017.05.039

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]
  • • Della Sala, S., Baddeley, A., Peng, N., & Logie, R. (2024). Assessing long-term forgetting: A pragmatic approach. Cortexn 170, 80-89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2023.11.009

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  • • Della Sala, S., & Cubelli, R. (2021). Definition: Forgetting. Cortex, 136, 157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2020.12.013

    [Study type: conceptual analysis / Access: open]
  • • Eysenck, M. W., & Groome, D. (Eds.). (2020). Forgetting: Explaining memory failure. SAGE Publications Ltd.

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  • • Moreno, A. (2021). Molecular mechanisms of forgetting. European Journal of Neuroscience, 54(8), 6912–6932. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejn.14839

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  • • Radvansky, G. A., Doolen, A. C., Pettijohn, K. A., & Ritchey, M. (2022). A new look at memory retention and forgetting. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 48(11), 1698–1723. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001110

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  • • Ryan, T. J., & Frankland, P. W. (2022). Forgetting as a form of adaptive engram cell plasticity. Nature Reviews Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-021-00548-3

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  • • Sala, S. D. (Ed.). (2010). Forgetting. Psychology Press. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203851647

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  • • Wixted, J.T. (2004). The psychology and neuroscience of forgetting. Annual Review of Psychology, 55, 235-269. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.55.090902.141555

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  • • Wixted, J. T. (2022). Absolute versus relative forgetting. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 48(12), 1775‑1786. https://doi.org/10.1037/xlm0001196

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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