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BI 127 Tomás Ryan: Memory, Instinct, and Forgetting
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The Process of Memory Extinction Could Be a Form of Learning
The process of memory extinction, which is generally considered to be a form of learning, and very loosely described as a form of memory up dating might be the same thing that is happening in natural forgetting. And there's a number of reasons to think this. One is based on the biology of natural forgetting. We've known for about ten years or more now that it's an active process. If you disrupt certain biological signalling cascades that involve molecules like rack one, then you don't get natural forgetting across the time scales that are generally studied in animal models. So if you're very hungry, you'll tend to remember memories that are associated with where to find food. If you are socially isolated
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