To some extent, yes. Psychologists have tested this in various ways, including asking people to spend time learning pairs of words, and then asking them to deliberately forget some of them. Future memory for the deliberately forgotten words tends to be poorer.

How we can unlearn?

The first step to unlearn is to be open to it. As we have seen, much of our knowledge is deeply rooted within ourselves, and it manifests through automatic behavior. If you want to break this process, you need to be aware in order to identify the old knowledge and assimilate the new one. Let go of old ideas.

Why is it important to unlearn?

Unlearning can pave the way for relearning over a period of time. Unlearning is also important because the circumstances in which an employee learned something the first time might be different from where they are now. ... We may become more receptive to knowledge and more disciplined when learning.