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

We do. We can conciously keep things in our memories with awareness and repetition. We subconciously remember stuff too, often if something triggers us emotionally it stays with us because that is more likely to be important than minor details (hence things like depression can stunt memories). And remember we don’t always remember things accurately, because our biases affect how we respond to our senses, so sometimes we create false memories or block them to protect ourselves because of emotional trauma. There are lots of factors involved with remembering and the brain can be trained and strengthened just like muscles.