Forgetting: The Benefits of Not Remembering By Scott A. Small

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“Fascinating and useful . . . The distinguished memory researcher Scott A. Small explains why forgetfulness is not only normal but also beneficial.”—Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve JobsWho wouldn’t want a better memory? Dr. Scott Small has dedicated his career to understanding why memory forsakes us. As director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center at Columbia University, he focuses largely on patients who experience pathological forgetting, and it is in contrast to their suffering that normal forgetting, which we experience every day, appears in sharp relief. Until recently, most everyone—memory scientists included—believed that forgetting served no purpose. But new research in psychology, neurobiology, medicine, and computer science tells a different story. Forgetting is not a failure of our minds. It’s not even a benign glitch. It is, in fact, good for us—and, alongside memory, it is a required function for our minds to work best. Forgetting benefits our cognitive and creative abilities, emotional well-being, and even our personal and societal health. As frustrating as a typical lapse can be, it’s precisely what opens up our minds to making better decisions, experiencing joy and relationships, and flourishing artistically. From studies of bonobos in the wild to visits with the iconic painter Jasper Johns and the renowned decision-making expert Daniel Kahneman, Small looks across disciplines to put new scientific findings into illuminating context while also revealing groundbreaking developments about Alzheimer’s disease. The next time you forget where you left your keys, remember that a little forgetting does a lot of good.

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This book by physician Scott Small discusses the process of forgetting; what happens to the neurons in the brain, and why this process is more beneficial than previously thought. The book has seven main chapters, in addition to a prologue and epilogue. In the Prologue, Small contends that forgetting is actually required for extracting abstract concepts, for emotional well-being, and even for creativity.In the first chapter, Small recalls attempting to diagnose one of his patients that had been complaining of recent memory problems. As Smalls walks the reader through his thought process, he explains the relevant parts of the brain that deal with memory; from the posterior area to the hippocampus to the prefrontal cortex. As Small describes the functions of the different regions, he is able to explain why he came to the conclusion that his patient's symptoms seemed to be related to the hippocampus. He had narrowed the causes down to either early stage Alzheimer's, or normal age-related memory decline; and in this case it turned out to be normal decline, for which he prescribed physical exercise. This window into the thought process and troubleshooting paths of a neuroscientist was fascinating!Smalls describes how modern research has shown that we need to be able to forget in order to properly generalize and adapt. He explains that data from tests on lab animals, and research on autism in humans, have together been able to demonstrate that forgetting can result in being able to easily adapt to changes. It seems to be an inability to decrease dendritic spine length and “forget” things, that causes patients with autism to have a hard time dealing with change.Another interesting example Smalls uses is the development of facial recognition software. Computer programmers eventually learned that they had to add in the ability to “forget” certain details in the lower level hubs of the process, in order to correctly generalize and accurately identify faces. Without this tweak, computer programs and people would both get stuck on over-analyzing the minute details of one part of a face and focusing on the subtle differences between images.Smalls covers several other topics in the book, including emotional memory, PTSD, the amygdala, creativity, the effects of sleep, decision making and social interactions.I found the book to be well written and easy to follow, with great analogies and helpful diagrams. I love this subject matter, and it was interesting to read about a part of neurobiology that I hadn't considered before. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in how the brain works, especially with regards to memory; and also anyone interested in autism or Alzheimer’s disease.

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