This Alzheimer's Symptom You're Worried About Would Actually Be a Sign of Superior Intelligence.

Do you ever forget your keys, an appointment, a birthday date? If this behavior is often associated with cognitive weakness, it would actually be a sign of a superior intelligence. This surprising discovery that one owes to Canadian neuroscientists Paul Frankland and Blake Richards. Their work, published in the journal Neuron, suggests that oblivion would not be a memory defect, but rather an essential function of the brain, participating in int…