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