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‘‘how can the research on forgetting help us to understand remembering’’
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Psychology ''how can the research on forgetting help us to understand remembering'' The actual term forgetting is the inability to recall or recognize information. Forgetting may occur because the information no longer exists in memory and so is not available for retrieval. Alternatively it can occur because it cannot be found and so is not accessible (cue dependent forgetting). Forgetting is more likely with information that needs to be recalled, as recognition is usually easier than recall. Explanations for forgetting are different for short term memory and long-term memory. Since STM are likely to be due to lack of availability it has disappeared, rather than accessibility (being able to find it). Trace decay is involved in the many reasons that we forget. This is the actual physical disappearance of a memory trace from the brain. Trace decay is one reason for forgetting. It should be distinguished from cue-dependent forgetting,...
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