We actively forget as we learn

Friday, March 18, 2016 - 10:00 in Psychology & Sociology

They say that once you’ve learned to ride a bicycle, you never forget how to do it. But new research suggests that while learning, the brain is actively trying to forget. The study, by scientists at EMBL and University Pablo Olavide in Sevilla, Spain, is published today in Nature Communications. “This is the first time […]

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