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- DictionaryFor·get·ful·ness/fərˈɡetfəlnəs/
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- 1. lapse of memory: "she teased him for his forgetfulness"
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the quality of being forgetful (= often forgetting things): He should not be responsible for children because of his forgetfulness as a result of the accident. Her confusion and forgetfulness could be due to an underlying illness. See. forgetful. Fewer examples.
- Znaczenie Forgetfulness, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
forgetfulness definicja: 1. the quality of being forgetful...
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FORGETFUL meaning: 1. often forgetting things: 2. often...
- Znaczenie Forgetfulness, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
When you find it hard to remember things, that's forgetfulness. Your forgetfulness might mean you have to return home twice — to get the lunch and jacket you left behind — before running to catch the bus. Another word for forgetfulness is absentmindedness.
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- Lack of sleep. Not getting enough sleep is perhaps the greatest unappreciated cause of forgetfulness. Too little restful sleep can also lead to mood changes and anxiety, which in turn contribute to problems with memory.
- Medications. Tranquilizers, antidepressants, some blood pressure drugs, and other medications can affect memory, usually by causing sedation or confusion.
- Underactive thyroid. A faltering thyroid can affect memory (as well as disturb sleep and cause depression, both of which can be causes of forgetfulness).
- Alcohol. Drinking too much alcohol can interfere with short-term memory, even after the effects of alcohol have worn off. Although "too much" varies from person to person, it’s best to stick with the recommendation of no more than two drinks per day for men and no more than one a day for women.
This article defines forgetfulness and discusses possible symptoms that might occur alongside it. It also looks into what causes memory loss and forgetfulness, the differences between normal forgetfulness and dementia, and when to contact a doctor.
- Transience
- Absentmindedness
- Blocking
- Misattribution
- Suggestibility
- Bias
- Persistence
This is the tendency to forget facts or events over time. You are most likely to forget information soon after you learn it. However, memory has a use-it-or-lose-it quality: memories that are called up and used frequently are least likely to be forgotten. Although transience might seem like a sign of memory weakness, brain scientists regard it as b...
This type of forgetting occurs when you don't pay close enough attention. You forget where you just put your pen because you didn't focus on where you put it in the first place. You were thinking of something else (or, perhaps, nothing in particular), so your brain didn't encode the information securely. Absentmindedness also involves forgetting to...
Someone asks you a question and the answer is right on the tip of your tongue — you know that you know it, but you just can't think of it. This is perhaps the most familiar example of blocking, the temporary inability to retrieve a memory. In many cases, the barrier is a memory similar to the one you're looking for, and you retrieve the wrong one. ...
Misattribution occurs when you remember something accurately in part, but misattribute some detail, like the time, place, or person involved. Another kind of misattribution occurs when you believe a thought you had was totally original when, in fact, it came from something you had previously read or heard but had forgotten about. This sort of misat...
Suggestibility is the vulnerability of your memory to the power of suggestion — information that you learn about an occurrence after the fact becomes incorporated into your memory of the incident, even though you did not experience these details. Although little is known about exactly how suggestibility works in the brain, the suggestion fools your...
Even the sharpest memory isn't a flawless snapshot of reality. In your memory, your perceptions are filtered by your personal biases — experiences, beliefs, prior knowledge, and even your mood at the moment. Your biases affect your perceptions and experiences when they're being encoded in your brain. And when you retrieve a memory, your mood and ot...
Most people worry about forgetting things. But in some cases people are tormented by memories they wish they could forget, but can't. The persistence of memories of traumatic events, negative feelings, and ongoing fears is another form of memory problem. Some of these memories accurately reflect horrifying events, while others may be negative disto...
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Definition of forgetfulness noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
