Forgetting  

From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia

(Difference between revisions)
Jump to: navigation, search
Revision as of 11:51, 9 February 2014
Jahsonic (Talk | contribs)

← Previous diff
Revision as of 11:53, 9 February 2014
Jahsonic (Talk | contribs)

Next diff →
Line 2: Line 2:
'''Forgetting''' ([[Memory retention|retention]] loss) refers to apparent loss of information already encoded and stored in an individual's long term memory. It is a spontaneous or gradual process in which old [[memory|memories]] are unable to be recalled from memory storage. Problems with remembering, learning and retaining new information are a few of the most common complaints of older adults. '''Forgetting''' ([[Memory retention|retention]] loss) refers to apparent loss of information already encoded and stored in an individual's long term memory. It is a spontaneous or gradual process in which old [[memory|memories]] are unable to be recalled from memory storage. Problems with remembering, learning and retaining new information are a few of the most common complaints of older adults.
- +==Etymology==
 +From Middle English ''forgeten, forgiten, forȝeten, forȝiten'', from Old English ''forġietan'' (“to forget”), from Proto-Germanic ''*fragetaną'' (“to give up, forget”), equivalent to ''for-'' +‎ ''get''. Cognate with Scots ''forget, forȝet'' (“to forget”), West Frisian ''ferjitte, forjitte'' (“to forget”), Dutch ''vergeten'' (“to forget”), German ''vergessen'' (“to forget”), Swedish ''förgäta'' (“to forget”).
== See also == == See also ==
* [[Amnesia]] * [[Amnesia]]

Revision as of 11:53, 9 February 2014

Related e

Wikipedia
Wiktionary
Shop


Featured:

Forgetting (retention loss) refers to apparent loss of information already encoded and stored in an individual's long term memory. It is a spontaneous or gradual process in which old memories are unable to be recalled from memory storage. Problems with remembering, learning and retaining new information are a few of the most common complaints of older adults.

Etymology

From Middle English forgeten, forgiten, forȝeten, forȝiten, from Old English forġietan (“to forget”), from Proto-Germanic *fragetaną (“to give up, forget”), equivalent to for- +‎ get. Cognate with Scots forget, forȝet (“to forget”), West Frisian ferjitte, forjitte (“to forget”), Dutch vergeten (“to forget”), German vergessen (“to forget”), Swedish förgäta (“to forget”).

See also




Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Forgetting" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.

Personal tools