TheyΒ influenceΒ howΒ weΒ perceiveΒ theΒ worldΒ andΒ aidΒ inΒ ourΒ abilityΒ toΒ foreseeΒ futureΒ events.Β
ResearchersΒ haveΒ beenΒ tryingΒ toΒ figureΒ outΒ howΒ memoriesΒ areΒ created,Β and thenΒ fixedΒ forΒ recallΒ inΒ theΒ hours,Β days,Β orΒ evenΒ yearsΒ thatΒ followΒ forΒ moreΒ thanΒ aΒ century.Β
However,Β it'sΒ possibleΒ thatΒ thoseΒ scientistsΒ onlyΒ sawΒ aΒ portionΒ ofΒ theΒ situation.Β
UnderstandingΒ howΒ andΒ whyΒ weΒ forgetΒ isΒ necessaryΒ inΒ orderΒ toΒ comprehendΒ howΒ andΒ whyΒ weΒ recall.
Β βRetrospectionβ is a book of 40+ writers who have penned down their thoughts on retrospection and few other topics.