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I've come across the Ebbinghaus Curve (forgetting curve) showing the retention of learned knowledge over time, but I wondered if there was the same kind of model for the retention of details from experiences over time, i.e., how much detail of an event does someone forget as time passes.

One would guess the same kind of curve may have been produced for this but I'm unsure what to look for.

Steven Jeuris
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  • Worth to note this forgetting curve is hypothesized to model the retention of learned knowledge, and does not seem to generalize all that well, even specifically so (according to Wikipedia) for some memories. – Steven Jeuris May 18 '16 at 10:12
  • Recollection of personal experiences is a pretty broad topic and depends a lot on the nature of the experience. For example, if the experience is routine or traumatizing. Could you be more specific about what types of experiences you're interested in? – Seanny123 May 11 '17 at 09:57
  • Perhaps check out this answer, as the references discuss knowledge retention (though pesented specifically in the context of distractors). – mflo-ByeSE May 12 '17 at 17:12

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