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- Dopamine Neurons Mediate Learning and Forgetting through Bidirectional Modulation of a Memory Trace https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/s2211-1247(18)31496-7 3 comments science
- Decoding mechanism of remembering -- and forgetting: Dopamine Neurons Mediate Learning and Forgetting through Bidirectional Modulation of a Memory Trace https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/retrieve/pii/s2211124718314967?_returnurl=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2Fs2211124718314967%3Fshowall%3Dtrue 3 comments science
- Don’t forget to be kind to yourself, and reward yourself when learning programming. https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming/comments/8wjxp8/dont_forget_to_be_kind_to_yourself_and_reward/ 67 comments learnprogramming
- A pair of studies offer evidence suggesting that we sleep to forget some of the things we learn each day. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/science/sleep-memory-brain-forgetting.html?smid=tw-nytimesscience&smtyp=cur&_r=0 3 comments science
- Can we forget things by learning "too much"? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/5lnzlv/can_we_forget_things_by_learning_too_much/ 16 comments askscience
- Why America Loves Being the World’s No. 1 Tax Haven -- Forget what we learned from the Panama Papers. The real secrecy problem lies with America’s banks and Congress. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/panama-papers-america-tax-haven-213800 5 comments economy
- Why America Loves Being the World’s No. 1 Tax Haven -- Forget what we learned from the Panama Papers. The real secrecy problem lies with America’s banks and Congress. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/panama-papers-america-tax-haven-213800 12 comments politics
- Scientists discover neural mechanisms in mouse brains that indicate that we actively forget as we learn http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-03-scientists-neural-mechanisms-mouse-brains.html 509 comments science
- The brain forgets in order to conserve energy: Our brains not only contain learning mechanisms but also forgetting mechanisms that erase “unnecessary” learning. http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/the-brain-forgets-in-order-to-conserve-energy 15 comments science
- Forget about learning to code—to get rich in tech, become an accountant http://qz.com/203587/forget-about-learning-to-code-to-get-rich-in-tech-become-an-accountant/ 9 comments business
- Learning engineering can make you forget how to be nice, says a study http://qz.com/149350/learning-engineering-can-make-you-forget-how-to-be-nice-says-a-study/ 14 comments cogsci
- Old people have trouble learning new things not because they can't remember so much as because they can't forget. http://news.georgiahealth.edu/archives/7365?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+ghsunews+%28ghsu+news%29 29 comments science
- Forget Learning, Start Doing http://www.cfoley.net/learning-doing 10 comments programming
- StumbleUpon forgets the lessons learned from Digg and makes direct URLs harder to access from its toolbar. http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/stumbleupon_says_goodbye_to_direct_links_iframes.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+readwriteweb+%28readwriteweb%29&utm_content=google+reader 2 comments technology
- Forget art history and calculus. Most students need to learn how to run a business, says Scott Adams. http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424052748704101604576247143383496656.html?mod=wsj_hp_mostpop_read 3 comments reddit.com
- Your brain learns to forget things ON PURPOSE: http://ts-si.org/neuroscience/23137-the-brain-learns-to-forget-things-on-purpose.html 8 comments science
- In learning, the brain forgets things on purpose http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100218125149.htm 10 comments science
- Don't forget to watch "The War" tonight. Maybe we can learn something. http://pressroom.pbs.org/programs/the_war 2 comments reddit.com
- Why Learning A New Language May Make You Forget Your Old One http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/01/070118094015.htm 24 comments reddit.com
- Forget Bittorrent. Learn Usenet http://mantup.com 10 comments reddit.com
- Damian Priest on Rey Mysterio: "Forget his size. Just being Latino.. I remember growing up watching him, now I’m in that role of also someone representing our culture. I’m still learning a lot from him, the way he treats people and tries to enhance representation." https://www.sescoops.com/news/damien-priest-rey-mysterio-influence/ 14 comments squaredcircle
- Awesome Go Education: A curated list of awesome articles and resources for learning and practicing Go and its related technologies. (Don't forget to contribute) https://github.com/mehdihadeli/awesome-go-education 15 comments golang
- Don’t forget to be kind to yourself, and reward yourself when learning programming. (I’m programming a tool to help with this) https://www.taskheroics.com/signup/Dqaa6FzEMcw2pgR8P?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=learnprogramming 4 comments learnprogramming
- Don’t forget to be kind to yourself, and reward yourself when learning programming. (I’m programming a tool to help with this) https://www.taskheroics.com/signup/Dqaa6FzEMcw2pgR8P?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=learnprogramming 52 comments learnprogramming
- The imperfection in AI's perfect memory: to improve, robots must learn to forget, like we do https://qz.com/1021796/our-brains-are-able-to-forget-in-a-way-that-robots-cant/ 17 comments technology
- [Takeover] Kyle Seager hits too many triples, not enough singles to make the cycle. (bonus: our TV announcer forgets everything he ever learned about speaking in complete sentences) http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/6479266/v33388487/seanyy-seager-drives-in-three-in-a-mariners-win 16 comments baseball
- Forget the blogs. Here is the best site to read and learn about investing and financial independence: Bogleheads.org http://www.bogleheads.org/ 20 comments financialindependence
- Forget what you know: Fish have a memory that lasts much more than three seconds and are capable of deception and learning, says Australian researchers. http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2010/01/14/2792407.htm 41 comments science
- The 4 Most Valuable Things I Learned in Business School by Josh Kaufman - 1.Always Consider Opportunity Costs 2.All Prices are Arbitrary 3.Never Forget the Expectation Effect 4.Actual Experience Beats Any Credential http://personalmba.com/business-school-top-four/ 102 comments business
- Lockdown children forget how to use knife and fork. The pandemic has seen most children in England slipping back with their learning - and some have gone significantly back with their social skills, says Ofsted. https://www.bbc.com/news/education-54880403 58 comments europe
- China reminds US to learn lessons from 9/11 terror attacks, "It hasn't been long since the Sept. 11 attacks. The U.S. should not forget the pain as wounds heal," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said at a press conference on Wednesday. https://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/2019/12/05/china-reminds-us-to-learn-lessons-from-911-terror-attacks 20 comments worldnews
- Google's DeepMind artificial intelligence has been trained to learn multiple tasks sequentially, using several Atari 2600 games, to overcome catastrophic forgetting, so that it can maintain expertise on tasks that it has not experienced for a long time. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/03/13/1611835114.full 4 comments science
- High School Valedictorian speaks out against compulsory education in his graduation speech: "if you pass a test, or become valedictorian, didn't you learn something?...Perhaps, you only learned how to memorize names, places, and dates to later on forget in order to clear your mind for the next test" http://www.sott.net/articles/show/212383-valedictorian-speaks-out-against-schooling-in-graduation-speech 124 comments cogsci
- American Redditors: Even if you're disillusioned with the Presidential election, take a few minutes TODAY to learn about your congressional/state/local candidates. VOTING IS IMPORTANT NO MATTER WHO YOU SUPPORT!! Get informed and be sure to vote! Don't forget there are other issues at stake tomorrow! http://www.vote411.org/enter-your-address?dest=voting-dossier 4 comments politics
- New theory proposes ‘forgetting’ is actually a form of learning. Researchers found if memories were gained in circumstances that are not wholly relevant to the current environment, forgetting them can be a positive change that improves our wellbeing. https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/940080 53 comments science
- Malakai Black: "There’s nothing more fun than live events because you can interact with the crowd. I think that a lot of young guys that are coming through now will need to learn how to work for cameras and learn how to get comfortable in front of an audience in a way that they don’t forget about." https://tjrwrestling.net/news/malakai-black-why-aew-doing-house-shows/ 23 comments squaredcircle
- Frog-eating bats trained to associate a phone ringtone with a snack were able to remember what they learned for up to 4 years in the wild, a new study found. Because adaptive forgetting may aid survival, researchers want to learn when long memory might help animals & when it could be a liability. https://news.osu.edu/a-rare-discovery-of-long-term-memory-in-wild-frog-eating-bats/ 19 comments science
- Brain-like functions emerging in a metallic nanowire network, reports new Japanese study, able to generate electrical characteristics similar to those associated with higher order brain functions unique to humans, such as memorization, learning, forgetting, becoming alert and returning to calm. https://www.nims.go.jp/eng/news/press/2019/11/201911110.html 8 comments science
- White House Press Release: "The President also expressed the importance of learning all the facts and circumstances around this morning's tragic events as soon as possible." Translation - We're going to "investigate" until you forget that this happened. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/readout-presidents-call-with-prime-minister-netanyahu-israel 29 comments politics