Most of us think our brains are designed to remember things. We pay attention to some information, we focus on an activity, and our brains store information in long-term memory so we can retrieve that information or those skills when we need them in the future.
What if we’re wrong? It might be that our brains are designed to forget things and that putting something into retrievable, long-term memory is special and rare.
If that’s the case, everyone needs to up their game when they want to assure that a piece of information or a specialized skill gets into long-term memory.
I’m fascinated with this idea, and I’ll explore it regularly on this blog.
Here’s an interesting article at QuantaMagazine on brain mechanisms that work against remembering. It’s a fascinating introduction to this topic. Check it out.
