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Everything about Forgetting
Loss or modification of information encoded in an individual's memory
Forgetting or disremembering is the apparent loss or modification of information already encoded and stored in an individual's short or long-term memory. It is a spontaneous or gradual process in which old memories are unable to be recalled from memory storage. Problems with remembering, learning and retaining new information are a few of the most common complaints of older adults. Studies show that retention improves with increased rehearsal. This improvement occurs because rehearsal helps to transfer information into long-term memory. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: ForgettingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Forest fire and smoke detection using deep learning-based learning without forgettingInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Expedition to EarthThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Overcoming catastrophic forgetting in neural networksCited 6,751 times
- Go sideways: Mental blockA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Interference theoryA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Verb present participle and gerund of forget
Noun The mental act by which something is forgotten.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Overcoming catastrophic forgetting in neural networks
Learning without Forgetting
Catastrophic forgetting in connectionist networks
Building Memories: Remembering and Forgetting of Verbal Experiences as Predicted by Brain Activity
A continual learning survey: Defying forgetting in classification tasks
Remembering can cause forgetting: Retrieval dynamics in long-term memory.
The Psychology and Neuroscience of Forgetting
Implementation of self-tuning regulators with variable forgetting factors
🆕 Influential since 2022
Forest fire and smoke detection using deep learning-based learning without forgetting
Forgetting as a form of adaptive engram cell plasticity
Engram neurons: Encoding, consolidation, retrieval, and forgetting of memory
Can Bad Teaching Induce Forgetting? Unlearning in Deep Networks Using an Incompetent Teacher
Battery SOH estimation and RUL prediction framework based on variable forgetting factor online sequential extreme learning machine and particle filter
📚 Books worth reading
Expedition to EarthArthur C. Clarke · 1953- 📕al- Nisyān wa-atharuhu fī al-ṭahārah wa-al-ṣalāhBadrīyah bint Muḥammad Aḥmad Bahkalī · 2000
Background PonyShortSkirtsAndExplosions · 2012- 📕Trente ans rue St-François-Xavier et ailleursJacqueline Francoeur · 1928
Forget-me-notMichael Broad · 2009
PeedieOlivier Dunrea · 2006
Even if the Light ForgetsYs Goldt · 2026- 📕Retention as a function of degree of learning and letter-sequence interferenceBenton J. Underwood · 1963
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