what determines what things we remember and what things we forget?

Question

what determines what things we remember and what things we forget?

In: Biology

Answer 1

u/cossington did a real good job.

An interesting thing happens when people can’t forget -[Hyperthymesia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperthymesia) – there was a Russian man in the 20th Century who had this condition. He literally couldn’t forget anything. Died by suicide at the age of 32.

[Jill Price](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/BlessedWithSuck/RealLife) is another example – she has excellent ***autobiographical*** memory. She can remember a university lecture – in that she was there, the date and time and what the class was. But she can’t remember what it was about.