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Forgetting

Forgetting or disremembering is the apparent loss or modification of information already encoded and stored in an individual's short or long-term memory. It is a spontaneous or gradual process in which old memories are unable to be recalled from memory storage. Problems with remembering, learning and retaining new information are a few of the most common…

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Complications
Dementia
Symptoms
Difficulty in remembering recent events, problems with language, disorientation, mood swings

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Impairments and lack of forgetting

Social forgetting

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  • Doi Doi (identifier)
  • PMID PMID (identifier)
  • S2CID S2CID (identifier)

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Forgetting

Nodes52
Edges51
Triples109
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.038462
Components1

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Forgetting

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related to Interference theories · 21
Forgetting → According, Another, Based, Certain, For, Furthermore, However, In, Interference, It, On, Output, Output Interference, People, Peripheral, Proactive, Recall, Retroactive, Suggesting, The
related to Cue-dependent forgetting · 13
Forgetting → Cue-dependent, Depending, Encoding, Examples, Furthermore, How, If, Information, The, There, These, This, When
related to history · 12
Forgetting → Although, Around, Ebbinghaus, German, He, Hermann Ebbinghaus, One, Sigmund Freud, The, The Ebbinghaus, There, Using
related to Sources · 12
Forgetting → Annual Review, February, John, McLeod, Neuroscience, PMID, Psychology, Retrieved, S2CID, Simply Psychology, The Psychology, Wixted
related to Trace decay theory · 12
Forgetting → According, Decay, Donald Hebb, Hence, If, Rehearsal, Repeated, STM, Therefore, This, Time, Trace
related to Social forgetting · 11
Forgetting → Building, David Leupold, Guy Beiner, In, Peter Burke, Psychologists, Russell Jacoby, Social, The, Though, Walter Benjamin
related to External links · 7
Forgetting → Forgetting An, Healthy Mind, High School PsychologyCauses, Jeffrey RosenForgetting, Key, LearningForgetting, The End
related to overview · 6
Forgetting → Failing, Older, One, Research, Staying, When
has cause · 3
Forgetting → Alzheimer's, Examples, These
Complications · 1
Forgetting → Dementia

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memory information time theory recall one retrieval forgotten interference memories list encoded first long-term decay also brain psychology new older

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ForgettingComplicationsDementia1.00infobox
ForgettingSymptomsDifficulty in remembering recent events, problems with language, disorientation, mood swings1.00infobox
Forgettingis aresult of only the time duration0.90text
encoding timeinstance ofPeripheral processes0.80text
recognition memoryinstance ofPeripheral processes0.80text
motor execution decline with ageinstance ofPeripheral processes0.80text
amnesia caused by an accident.An inability to forget can cause distressinstance ofor can have other reasons0.80text
as with post-traumatic stress disorderinstance ofor can have other reasons0.80text
hyperthymesiainstance ofor can have other reasons0.80text
Forgettinghas causeThese0.60section
Forgettinghas causeExamples0.60section
Forgettinghas causeAlzheimer's0.60section

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