Too much knowledge can be bad for some types of memory, study finds

Too much knowledge can be bad for some types of memory, study finds: "The results show how some types of memory might be better when people forget what they know and instead approach a subject with a child-like sense of na�vet�.

'Verbatim memory is often a property of being a novice,' said Sloutsky, who is also associate dean of research at the university's College of Human Ecology . 'As people "