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Sven Vanneste, Professor of Clinical Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin

The evolutionary benefits of being forgetful

Don't despair! Asier Romero

Forgetting is part of our daily lives. You may walk into a room only to forget why you went in there – or perhaps someone says hi on the street and you can’t remember their name.

But why do we forget things? Is it simply a sign of memory impairment, or are there benefits?

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