There are as many forms of forgetting as there are forms of memory.
A Harvard psychologist details the science behind the different forms of memory and forgetting.
And I realized anew how much "Drive" is about the forms of memory, both protective and masochistic.
"So far the feasibility shows yes, but we haven't gone to the ultimate dimensions to compete with other forms of memory.
Nantero is creating NRAM, a high-density nonvolatile random access memory chip, which it hopes will replace existing forms of memory.
We tend to think of memories as immaterial, but in animal brains some forms of memory involve the laying down of new connections in a network of neurons.
And the makers of digital players are developing not only new hardware, but also new forms of memory and new systems that do not depend on personal computers for getting the music.
Kushnesia: A medical condition that makes you unable to remember anything about yourself when you fill out forms (sexually transmitted, unlike other inheritable forms of memory loss, cf. below).
These forms of memory, taken together, constitute what cognitive psychologists call declarative memory — the ability that allows you consciously to retrieve past happenings and facts learned in the past.
Staff members are often unaware of the past sins of these residents, as they may be veiled by a lack of information, the presence of Alzheimer's disease or other forms of memory impairment.
In Dr. Sacks' view, music can aid aphasics and patients with parkinsonism, and it can help orient and anchor patients with advanced dementia because "musical perception, musical sensibility, musical emotion and musical memory can survive long after other forms of memory have disappeared".
