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Intentional Forgetting - Interdisciplinary Approaches (Paperback)
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Intentional Forgetting - Interdisciplinary Approaches (Paperback)
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Research on intentional forgetting has been conducted in various
forms and under various names for at least 30 years, but until now
no effort has been made to present these different perspectives in
one place. Comprising both review chapters and new empirical
studies, this book brings together the many research paradigms
investigating intentional forgetting, thereby highlighting the
commonalities that link these seemingly disparate areas of
research. It serves as a "case study" of one phenomenon in
memory--the intention to forget or to modify memory. Why is
research on intentional forgetting important? It helps to increase
the understanding of how memory functions, especially with regard
to its updating. In William James' "booming, buzzing confusion," we
frequently are unable to adequately process all of the information
that we experience; on-line forgetting of some information is
necessary. Moreover, we must often replace existing information
with new information, as when someone we know relocates and
acquires a new address and telephone number. Investigating this
updating ability has been the main thrust of research on
intentional forgetting, specifically those studies on the directed
forgetting phenomenon. Cognitive experiments on directed forgetting
have shown that we are able to deal more effectively with large
amounts of information by following instructions to treat some of
the information as "to be forgotten." In this way, interference is
reduced and we are able to devote all of our resources to the
remaining to-be-remembered information. The mechanisms that lead to
this reduction continue to promote new experiments, but over a
quarter century of research maintains that the directed forgetting
effect is robust.
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