Repression is a time honored word for forgetting things that are unpleasant. It is considered a “defense mechanism”. I consider the term defense mechanism to be a poor term because, there are serious “holes” in this kind of defense. When we repress a painful experience, usually by drawing our attention away from it, we also [...]
It kind of looks like it is, at least superficially. Everyone knows that we forget a scary amount of stuff in the day or two after a lecture, or reading a book. Everyone also knows that it is a good technique to review as much as we can try to recall as much as possible [...]
The analogy I have outlined here is only an analogy… The symbol <==> between body parts and computer parts means something like, “have some functions in common”. I hope that when you ponder this set of analogies, you will not substitute, “Equals” or “is the same as” etc. I have included links to definitions and [...]