Study looks at ‘controlled’ forgetting – UPI.com
LUND, Sweden, July 5 (UPI) — Researchers in Sweden say a new study shows we can train ourselves to forget by controlling and intentionally forgetting unwanted memories.
The assumption that we can control our forgetfulness has been controversial ever since Freud asserted it at the beginning of the 20th century, but researcher Gerd Thomas Waldhauser of Lund University says Freud was correct.
In the same way as we can control our motor impulses — for example instructing the … (View original article)