Scientific American Mind
January 2012

Forgetting Actually Strengthens Memory--a Special Report [Preview]

By The Editors  | January 18, 2012 | 4 

Image: Photoillustration by Aaron Goodman
Supplemental Material

    * Overview Memory in the Brain [Interactive]
    * Overview 8 Ways To Forget Your Troubles

Most people picture human memory as something resembling a secure metal vault into which we cram our valuable—and not so valuable—thoughts for safekeeping. The people with the biggest vaults, then, can keep the most stuff. They know the most and make the fewest mistakes.

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