25. It's A Good Thing That People Forget

It's A Good Thing That People Forget

It's important to understand that our memories will sometimes fail us. But why is it that we can remember some things and not others?

People Are Always Going To Forget

Think about the sensory inputs we encounter on a daily basis Food you ate, smells in your home, colors in the sky, the feel of a blanket, etc. What people forget is not a conscious decision The brain decides what to remember and what to forget Makes the decisions necessary to keep you functioning There is  science behind how much you will forget R=e(-t/s) Where R is your memory retention, S is the strength of memory, and t is time. 

Design with Forgetting in Mind

Do NOT rely on the audience to remember information on their own Provide the information in your design or provide and easy way for the reader to access the information

Why Do We Forget Things? (Enclavar)

Why do we forget things?