Selective memory retrieval can revive forgotten memories [Psychological and Cognitive Sciences]

Humans remember less and less of what was encoded as more and more time passes. Selective retrieval can interrupt such time-dependent forgetting, enhancing recall not only of the retrieved but also of the nonretrieved information. The recall enhancement has been attributed to context retrieval and the idea that selective retrieval...
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Psychological and Cognitive Sciences Social Sciences Source Type: research