Decay happens: The role of active forgetting in memory

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 111-120

  Hardt, Oliver ^a   Nader, Karim ^a   Nadel, Lynn ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL BASIS; BRAIN AREAS; DECAY PROCESS; DOWN-REGULATION; LIFE EXPECTANCIES; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY INTERFERENCES; SENSORY INTEGRATION;

BRAIN; SEPARATION;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

ACTIVE FORGETTING; AMNESIA; CONSENSUS; DOWN REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY; MEMORY INTERFERENCE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MINIMAL SENSORY INTEGRATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIST; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SLEEP;

HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; NEOCORTEX;

EID: 84875249226     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2013.01.001     Document Type: Review

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