Neuroscientists today report the first results from experimental tests designed to explore the idea that"forgetting" might not be a bad thing, and that it may represent a form of learning -- and outline results that support their core idea.
In a changing world like the one we and many other organisms live in, forgetting some memories would be beneficial, they reasoned, as this can lead to more flexible behaviour and better decision-making. If memories were gained in circumstances that are not wholly relevant to the current environment, forgetting them could be a positive change that improves our wellbeing.
Dr Tomás Ryan, Associate Professor in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology and the Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin, is lead author of the just-published journal article.Dr Ryan,whose research team is based in the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute , said: Dr Livia Autore, Irish Research Council Postgraduate Scholar, who spearheaded this work in the Ryan Lab in Trinity, added:
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