In this task, we ask you to rewrite a sentence in simple English without changing its general meaning. Essentially, you want to make the sentence easier to read by using simpler words, utilizing more straightforward sentence structures, and omitting non-essential information etc.
Q: Whatever the cause or causes of forgetting over the short-term may be , there is consensus that it severely limits the amount of new information that we can retain over brief periods of time .
A:
Forgetting greatly limits the information that can be kept over a short period of time .