1. Ebbinghaus retention function can be partly reversed, with resulting increases of conscious memory over time (hypermnesia).
2. Intentional avoidance of memories results in their progressive forgetting over time.
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13 comments:
Why do I feel disheartened over the fact that you write a post on Ebbinghaus and I write one on Winnie the Pooh?
I am hastily dragging down the forgetting curve, determined to make it quicker than twenty minutes.
There. I have forgotten the above.
Historical revisionism helps, too.
Pixie, maybe you will find it a comfort to learn that I did not mean to post this post at all, that it was just a draft note that I wrote for myself and then accidentally clicked the wrong button. In fact I did it with a few posts, all of which were complete nonsense, and it was all the result of drinking an extra big glass of wine before bed. See? I'm an idiot.
Secret Agent, I am interested to know how you avoid false memory syndrome in that process.
Why must false memory syndrome be avoided? After a lifetime of scrupulous insistence on truth, I think a bit of creative revisionism could be a good thing. If all of life is an illusion anyway, why not sweeten it up a bit? I will if you will.
That is a very interesting question, and I've been thinking about it all week. I'm not sure I have good answer, but my answer is that I think positive false memories could be beneficial, even though they are false, as long as the person doesn't seek validation of those memories from others who won't corroborate. I kind of like the idea, actually. (I'd always assumed the false memories would be negative ones.)
I'm hesitant to accept the term false memory, when in fact all of them are illusory anyway; each originally based on a unique perspective interpreted through the sensory information we think we received.
Most of us remember negative experiences to be much worse then that actually were; I don't see a problem with intentionally doing the opposite. In either case, practicing mindfulness in the present warrants much more of our cognitive faculties. It's the only time continuum that actually exists, and that which we can willfully change.
Mindfulness is an art I would like to master. I make a poor student though, too easily distracted. This may explain why my memory is poor.
Missing your words. Be mindful of this, if nothing else. ;-) x P
Thanks Pixie! Just don't have much to say at the moment. Let's assume no news is good news, shall we? xx
I am hoping that no news continues to be good news. P x
You do know that I miss your sometimes unfathomable, sometimes irreverent, sometimes beguiling, sometimes insightful, but always intriguing posts.
I think others do too.
Nothing to say? Then say nothing. It works for my blog.
Be well.
Warmest wishes.
Are you OK, Lisa? I hope you are. It's been a while and I'm worried. Sending warmest wishes and love.
Hey you, sound off please, your adoring(and adorable) fans miss you.
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