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TIL that brain is designed to forget. Two different biochemical pathways, one including Dopamine➔Rac1➔Cofilin and the other involving cdc42 are involved in both intrinsic forgetting and interferen... (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

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Original Title: TIL that brain is designed to forget. Two different biochemical pathways, one including Dopamine➔Rac1➔Cofilin and the other involving cdc42 are involved in both intrinsic forgetting and interference-based active forgetting

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[–] anotherandrew@lemmy.mixdown.ca 1 points 1 month ago

My brain seems to be too good at this, and weirdly terrible at forgetting something I have mis-remembered. Drives my family crazy.