Plot twist: Forgetting isn't a bug in your brain—it's a feature.
Your brain actively forgets information to help you generalize experiences, avoid overfitting to past events, and prioritize what's actually important. Sometimes forgetting is exactly what you need.
Explore the psychology of memory:
https://bit.ly/459AAHX
#PsyberSpace #Memory
“Love is Short, Remembering is long.”
― Jack Waddell
https://www.europesays.com/us/72214/ How the Brain Selects Between Perception and Memory #BrainResearch #Health #Memory #neurobiology #Neuroscience #NeuroscienceNews #perception #UnitedStates #UnitedStates #US
*"We need Joy as we need air!*We need Love as we need water!*We need each other as we need the earth we share!"
~ Maya Angelou
*"We need Joy as we need air!*We need Love as we need water!*We need each other as we need the earth we share!"
~ Maya Angelou
*~*"We need Joy as we need air!*We need Love as we need water!*We need each other as we need the earth we share!"*~*
~ Maya Angelou
*"Each one of us has lived through some devastation!*some loneliness!*some weather superstorm!*or spiritual superstorm!*when we look at each other we must say!*I understand!*I understand how you feel because I have been there myself!*We must support each other!*& empathize with each other because each of us is more alike than we are unalike!"
~ Maya Angelou
*"Each one of us has lived through some devastation!*some loneliness!*some weather superstorm!*or spiritual superstorm!*when we look at each other we must say!*I understand!*I understand how you feel because I have been there myself!*We must support each other!*& empathize with each other because each of us is more alike than we are unalike!"
~ Maya Angelou
*~*"Each one of us has lived through some devastation!*some loneliness!*some weather superstorm!*or spiritual superstorm!*when we look at each other we must say!*I understand!*I understand how you feel because I have been there myself!*We must support each other!*& empathize with each other because each of us is more alike than we are unalike!"*~*
~ Maya Angelou
*"We all take different paths in life!*but no matter where we go!*we take a little of each other everywhere!"
~ Tim McGraw
*"We all take different paths in life!*but no matter where we go!*we take a little of each other everywhere!"
~ Tim McGraw
*~*"We all take different paths in life!*but no matter where we go!*we take a little of each other everywhere!"*~*
~ Tim McGraw
A quotation from Thomas Carlyle
Trust not the heart of that man for whom old clothes are not venerable.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Sartor Resartus, Book 3, ch. 6 (1834)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/724/
I remember almost nothing from before age 5 or so. Scientists say that's normal, owing to "infantile amnesia" and then the rewriting of limited memory space during toddler years. But this scientist explains how parents can do a lot to help kids retain childhood memories and also hold on to the good feelings that stem from their earliest experiences, fostering a sense of security and well-being. https://medium.com/wise-well/lost-childhood-memories-gone-forever-or-just-hidden-26e3ce949e2d ?sk=e3c4e6cf19e4ca28779951ca180e53d3 #parenting #neuroscience #memory
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I remember almost nothing from before age 5 or so. Scientists say that's normal, owing to "infantile amnesia" and then the rewriting of limited memory space during toddler years. But this scientist explains how parents can do a lot to help kids retain childhood memories and also hold on to the good feelings that stem from their earliest experiences, fostering a sense of security and well-being.
Now, Nicola Clayton
https://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/people/nsc22@cam.ac.uk
talking about memory, mental time travel and some magic at the CogEvo workshop.
Happy to connect with any scholars working on memory and historical anniversaries or anyone thinking about the US Semiquincentennial and authoritarian mobilizations of memory. #MSAPrague2025 #history #memory #uspol #democracy