Contrary to what is rumored, forgetting the details may indicate your high intelligence!

“My father got bored one time and said: I want to go home.

We are basically at home, so I said to him: Well, go.

His reply was: Will you come with me or will you stay here?”

I replied: I will stay here.

He looked around as if he wanted to remember what he wanted to take with him, and then came to me again at the table and looked embarrassed at this situation, hesitated a little but spoke at last:

Can you, at least, give me an address or any other instructions?

For example, would you tell me to walk to the end of the upper street until you see the house that is supposed to be my house?

(Arno Geiger, King in Exile of a Lifetime)

In a poignant piece of literature, Austrian writer Arno Geiger simplifies the space for all his feelings that cannot be accurately described in just a few letters.

The feeling that Jaeger wanted to convey to us consumed his description of more than 135 pages, jumping between his past at times and settling in his present at other times, in which the vocabulary swims between the tears of a family that sees the disease eating every memory that was stored in their father's mind.

Their father, who had once been their king, with his arrogance, his criticism, his unkind temper, but oblivion cast him into an exile with whom he no longer remembered that he was the king, and that he had a throne and sons and memories, he no longer remembered how old he was, not even who the person with whom he shared his bed.

It is Alzheimer's that we also saw in the movie "Still Alice." Alice, a university professor who is fluent in several languages, and can be considered a human dictionary for several languages, began to forget her vocabulary little by little, although she was at an age when the possibility of her having that disease was excluded. A person is about to forget everything he knows, even about himself.

SB told Meydan that her 18-year-old sister started forgetting some simple things, such as her mother sending her to the next room to get something, but she reaches the room door and thinks: "What brought me here?" And this thing was repeated over and over again, and the situation worsened with the girl, who was diagnosed with psychiatric symptoms, which eventually led to her being diagnosed with acute psychosis.

Forgetting, a ghost that you do not know when he visits you, nor how he visited you, nor what caused him, begins his visit with hidden steps, with a slow rhythm, to alert you to future danger and mental illness that cannot be described as easy.

But a medical study published says that some forgetfulness may indicate your high intelligence, so what is the story?

The brain, the helm of sorting and marginalization!

"We don't remember days, we remember moments. The richness of life lies in the memories we have forgotten."

(Cesare Pavese, Italian poet)

At the University of Toronto, Canada, researchers presented a study (1) that proves that what is promoted about forgetfulness through movies and TV shows as evidence of stupidity or a preliminary indicator of the risk of mental illness is incorrect.

Paul Frankland and Richards Blake, the authors of this study, explained directly that forgetting is a function of the brain that is no less important than the function of remembering. Forgetting and remembering are equally important.

In fact, forgetting is evidence of the brain's flexibility in sorting out important information from unimportant ones in an attempt to make room for more important information.

(2) In this context, researchers today suggest that the goal of memory is not to retain the most accurate information over time, but to guide and improve intelligent decision-making by holding on only to information that may help us make decisions, as some memories are only a distraction factor that clearly affects our decisions.

“The real goal of memory is to improve decision-making,” says study assistant professor Richards Blake, a statement that may undermine everything we ever thought or thought was the primary role of memory in memorizing the smallest details.

In the past, neurobiological research on memory tended to focus on the cellular mechanisms of information storage, and little attention was paid to everything related to forgetting.

Until now, it was often assumed that the inability to remember was due to the failure of mechanisms involved in storing or remembering information, but the study came to say that forgetting some simple things such as a date with friends, where the keys are, or when you only remember the essence of the conversation or social encounter instead of Every big and small happened during the encounter, it means that your brain forgets the details, but it creates abstract memories that are more useful in decision-making and predicting the future (3).

Paul Frankland asserts that "there is a lot of evidence in recent research to suggest that there are mechanisms that promote memory loss, and that these mechanisms are more distinct than those involved in information storage."

In other words, your brain is actively working to forget those keys in the locker, for good reason (4).

This raises a quick question: Why does the brain spend so much energy on forgetting?

Richards shows that the reasons that drive the brain to do this can be summarized in two good reasons, the first is that we are in a world that moves at an accelerating pace, and this generates a lot of information that we encounter on a daily basis, so any old information becomes “obsolete” and unimportant, and he says: “If You're trying to navigate the world and your brain is constantly posting multiple conflicting memories, so it's making it difficult for you to make an informed decision that fits your time."

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As for the second reason, Richards says: “The efficiency of the brain is not measured as the most efficient person who remembers the 1972 World Cup winner.” There is something called “organization” in artificial intelligence, and it works by creating simple models that prioritize basic information but eliminate Specific details when analyzing large data sets, and this is exactly what the brain does by extracting only the important from the events of the past and incorporating it into the events of the present according to their priority, and getting rid of everything that gets stuck in the middle of less important matters, and he concludes by saying: “The goal of memory is to make you an intelligent person.” He can make decisions in light of the current situation, and an important aspect of helping you do that is the ability to forget some information.” (6) (7) (8)

When does the alarm sound?

"My real problem is not forgetting, my problem is the abundance of memories."

(Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al-Gosaibi)

In the same study mentioned above, researchers explain that forgetting occasional things is not a concern, but rather that a person's memory system is healthy and healthy, as there is no problem in being a forgetful genius.

But if a person forgets important things more frequently than usual, this may be a cause for concern.

In addition, most memory problems in young people are emotional or intertwined with conflicting emotions, resulting in a distraction and lack of focus, and thus a less effective ability to make new memories or to recall old ones.

Fortunately, almost all of these causes are temporary or easy to fix, such as:

• Pressure nervous:

Stress not only makes us tired and irritable, but the tentacles of stress reach the brain as well.

A study in the journal Science found that stress can activate an enzyme called protein kinase C in the brain that can shorten our short-term memory circuit.

Enzyme impairs our ability to focus especially when we are dealing with many stressful situations, which is why you might forget your house keys on a day when you can think of a big business meeting.

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• Multitasking:

The myth of multitasking, which advises you to work on more than one task in order to complete them all at the same time.

Well, it turns out that this wide focus is bad for your memory, too.

Overdoing too many tasks can lead to stress, which can cause your memory to fail, and frequent interruptions between one task and another can make it difficult for your brain to form new or regular memories.

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• Lack of sleep:

You may be one of the people who does not pay attention to the damages of lack of sleep, and you do not care at all about the future health consequences that will be caused by not getting enough hours of sleep, well, today you have an additional reason to take care of your sleep, lack of sleep leads to stress and anxiety, which in turn leads to stress, which leads to more from oblivion.

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• Depression:

Depression seems to be the shining star of many psychological, health, and mental problems. When you feel depressed, it will be difficult for you to focus on anything or deal with the world normally. This is, in fact, the reason why people with depression may have a hard time remembering things.

The level of distraction that depression creates can prevent your brain from creating new memories. The good news is that doctors are finding that our memories tend to return to normal when we deal with our depression.

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• Hypothyroidism:

This deficiency slows your metabolism, distorts your sense of heat, and causes feelings of sluggishness and sluggishness in general, and thyroid disorders can lead to insomnia and depression, both of which make our memory weak and lethargic.

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• pregnancy:

Although studies haven't been 100% proven that pregnancy is a cause of forgetfulness, some researchers believe that symptoms of forgetfulness or memory deficiencies can be caused by anything from hormonal changes to the stress and sleep deprivation that often accompanies pregnancy.

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Ultimately, a strong memory depends on the health and vitality of your brain.

Whether you're a student studying for final exams, a working professional interested in doing everything they can to stay alert at work, or a senior looking to stay healthy as they get older, there are many actions you can take to improve your memory and mental performance.

Fortunately, the human brain has an amazing ability to adapt and change, even in old age, and this ability is known as neuroplasticity.

With the right stimulation, your brain can form new neural pathways, alter existing connections, and adapt and react in ever-changing ways.

In this context, the educational site "Exploratorium" offers some fun games that train you to remember and test your brain's vitality.

KeepYourBrainAlive also offers some unusual exercises to exercise your brain and enhance its memory skills.

And remember that your remembering small details is not evidence of your intelligence, and that the absence of those details from your brain does not indicate - at all - that you suffer from any problem.

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