Forgetting provides cognitive and adaptive advantages for memory systems
Modern psychological and neuroscientific research supports the view that forgetting is not merely a memory failure, but an adaptive mechanism that optimizes cognitive resources by filtering out irrelevant information.
The claim states that forgetting provides cognitive and adaptive advantages. Papers [1] and [2] both directly support this assertion by examining adaptive forgetting and its role in freeing up working memory resources. Paper [0] discusses retrieval-induced forgetting primarily as an eyewitness memory phenomenon with potential negative implications for reliability, making it more tangential rather than directly refuting the broader adaptive nature of memory systems. Therefore, the evidence strongly supports the claim.
Mickael Joseph. Reference memory, working memory and adaptive forgetting : a comparative study in rats. https://doi.org/10.70675/45a1fae8z48bbz45d3z8029zb5499a764fe9
This thesis notes that forgetting is an adaptive process that filters non-essential information and prevents the saturation of cognitive resources.
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Joost de Jong, Sophia Wilhelm, Elkan G. Akyurek. Adaptive Forgetting Speed in Working Memory. 2023. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/erbv8
This study demonstrates that working memory adaptively tunes its forgetting rate based on the temporal relevance of information to optimize limited cognitive resources.
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