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(medicine, psychology) an ability to remember some facts while apparently forgetting others, especially when they are inconvenient / the ability to retrieve certain facts and events but not others

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selective memory

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Source Word

selective memory

Noun

uncountable

(medicine, psychology) an ability to remember some facts while apparently forgetting others, especially when they are inconvenient / the ability to retrieve certain facts and events but not others

Japanese Meaning

状況に応じて一部の事実や出来事を記憶し、他を忘れる傾向（特に不都合な情報に対して） / 自分にとって都合が悪い情報を無意識または意識的に除外する記憶の性質 / 必要な情報や経験だけを取り出す能力、または記憶の一部を選択的に保持する現象