Photo: #The scan on the left shows a healthy brain. The one on the right shows the damage caused by Alzheimer's disease, which includes symptoms of memory loss.
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The scan on the left shows a healthy brain. The one on the right shows the damage caused by Alzheimer's disease, which includes symptoms of memory loss. (Image courtesy of the National Institute on Aging)

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The value of forgetting

Broadcast: Midmorning, 01/27/2009, 10:06 a.m.

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Those of us who find forgetfulness troubling might be relieved to know that forgetting is as important, if not more so, than remembering.

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  • Gayatri Devi: MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology & Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine. She's also director of New York Memory and Healthy Aging Services.
  • James McGaugh: neuroscientist and founding director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory at the University of California-Irvine. Currently, he's studying people who have an unusual ability to recall the past, including the smallest details.

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