Selective memory
# Selective memory

Selective memory can mean any of the following:

* Selective omission, the tendency to taboo some elements of a collective memory
* Confirmation bias, the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.
* Lacunar amnesia, the loss of memory about one specific event.
* Selective amnesia, the loss of memory about certain things.
