Forgetting Is Critical for Healthy Memory Function for All of the Following

Multiple Choice

Forgetting is critical for healthy memory function for all of the following reasons except ________.

A) people with hyperthymesia have difficulty functioning normally
B) forgetting helps the perceptual acuity for all sensory modalities
C) maintaining memories over time requires an animal to expend energy
D) forgetting makes recalling pertinent information easier and more accurate by eliminating other similar (i.e. redundant) memories