Human brain keeps memories tidy by pruning inaccurate ones

An experiment conducted by Nicholas Turk-Browne, an associate professor of psychology at Princeton, and his colleagues found that the human brain uses memories to make predictions about what it expects to find in familiar contexts. When those subconscious predictions are shown to be wrong, the related memories are weakened and are more likely to be forgotten.

[karinammatosfernandez]

This is so perfectly described. Thanks!

[amirebrahimi]

Reminds me of this Persian proverb: "They will fade a way from your heart, as soon as they disappear from your sight"
كه از دل برود
هر آنكه از ديده رود

[filipematossilva]

Seems that Princeton University students will have the opportunity to perform live research at international politics and psychology assessment during classes.
 
Administration, Board, or whatever the name they use there, decision to hire Mr. José Manuel Barroso, former European Commission President and Portuguese prime minister was a very interesting and valuable choice, since it will outstanding first hand experiences.

Sadly, Portuguese Citizens hadn't good memories from Mr Barroso and it also seems that his political party is denying money to treat HCV patients, since here, the health system is free and guaranteed by our Constitution and anyone with little knowledge of Medicine perfectly knows that treating patients in the first stages is cheaper than wait until the patients are close to death!

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I had no idea. Our brains are brilliant.