selective memory

English

Noun

selective memory (uncountable)

  1. (neurology, psychology) The ability to retrieve certain facts and events but not others.
  2. (psychology) An ability to remember some facts while apparently forgetting others, especially when they are inconvenient, embarrassing, or disadvantageous.

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