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RE: Emotions Can 'Hangover' and Bias Our Future Memories

in #psychology6 years ago

maybe a better perspective is one of worthwhile memories. when we do something that harnesses the emotional response, it creates lasting impressions. these impressions are like caches in our brain. the allow instant recall and also defer to long term storage.

there are several times when we are able to recall even when there has been no impression made. i guess you call it neutral or subliminal memory. we tend to forget positive things very quickly while we remember negative things for a long time.

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Yes, for emotional experiences, positive is more forgotten compared to negative experiences, but this study wasn't about that. It was about what comes after the emotional experience, and remembering that info that comes after.