AI Memory ≠ Human Memory
Menu

Sources

542 sources

← All sources

Source

Davis & Zhong (2017)

The Biology of Forgetting—A Perspective

Neuron, 95(3), 490-503

Find It

DOI

Reference

Davis, R. L., & Zhong, Y. (2017). The Biology of Forgetting—A Perspective. Neuron, 95(3), 490-503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2017.05.039

What Rests on This

1 mechanism cites this source. Each finding below is quoted as it appears on that mechanism's own page.

Forgetting Memory Processes

  • Neural substrate

    Work beginning in fruit flies identifies intrinsic forgetting, in which dopamine released onto memory-holding cells activates a Rac1/Cofilin pathway that slowly degrades memory traces; the authors propose this may be the brain's default state, competing with consolidation