Adaptive forgetting in animals

Autor:	Jonathan M. Golding, Philipp J. Kraemer
Rok vydání:	1997
Předmět:	Forgetting Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Retrieval-induced forgetting Argument Mechanism (biology) Developmental and Educational Psychology Human memory Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Psychology Retrievability Memory processing Presupposition Cognitive psychology
Zdroj:	Psychonomic Bulletin & Review. 4:480-491
ISSN:	1531-5320 1069-9384
DOI:	10.3758/bf03214337
Popis:	An argument is presented for the possibility that some cases of forgetting in animals are adaptive. In contrast to research on human memory, the idea of adaptive forgetting has not received much attention in research with animals. This paper reviews the status of adaptive forgetting in humans and then outlines an argument for adaptive forgetting in animals. The discussion includes theoretical presuppositions concerning forgetting, a review of selective phenomena indicative of adaptive forgetting in animals, a description of a possible mechanism (retrievability) for this kind of forgetting, and examination of the implications of this analysis for psychological and neurobiological approaches to memory processing.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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