forgetting

n. the failure to remember material previously learned. Numerous processes and theories have been proposed throughout the long history of study to account for forgetting, including decay theory and interference theory. Forgetting typically is a normal phenomenon but it may also be pathological, as, for example, in amnesia.

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January 15th 2025

experimental realism

the extent to which a controlled study is meaningful and engaging to participants, eliciting responses that are spontaneous and natural. See also mundane realism.