Though emotion conveys memory benefits, it does not enhance memory equally for all
aspects of an experience, nor for all types of emotional events. In this review, I outline the …

Autobiographical memory encompasses our recollections of specific, personal events. In this
article, we review the interactions between emotion and autobiographical memory, focusing …

Is it possible to learn something without being aware of it? How does emotion influence the
way we think? How can we improve our memory? Fundamentals of Cognition, third edition …

The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook provides
comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the key areas in the field ranging from visual …

Although forgetting is the common fate of most of our experiences, much evidence indicates
that emotional arousal enhances the storage of memories, thus serving to create, selectively …

Humans expect positive events in the future even when there is no evidence to support such
expectations. For example, people expect to live longer and be healthier than average, they …

A wedding, a dispute, a grim diagnosis, a natural disaster... our most vivid and lasting
memories are typically emotional ones. These memories are selective, however. Like a …

We draw on the theory of allostasis to develop an integrative model of the current stress
process that highlights the brain as a dynamically adapting interface between the changing …

Our own experiences, as well as the findings of many studies, suggest that emotionally
arousing experiences can create lasting memories. This autobiographical article provides a …

A growing body of evidence suggests emotion boosts memory accuracy to an extent but
affects the subjective sense of recollection even more. The result is vivid memories for …