Abstract The Centrality of Event Scale (CES) was introduced to examine the extent to which
a traumatic or stressful event is perceived as central to an individual's identity and life story …

The mnemic neglect model predicts and accounts for selective memory for social feedback
as a function of various feedback properties. At the heart of the model is the mnemic neglect …

Recalling a memory often prompts an emotional response. Research examining the fading
affect bias (FAB) indicates that the emotional response prompted by positive memories often …

Some researchers assert that the psychological impact of negative information is more
powerful than that of positive information. This assertion is qualified in the domain of human …

The fading affect bias (FAB) refers to the negative affect associated with autobiographical
events fading faster than the positive affect associated with such events, a reliable and valid …

The positivity bias in memory is a prevalent phenomenon. People tend to remember more
pleasant than unpleasant events, to remember events more favorably than they actually …

Abstract Objective Self‐defining memories (SDMs) are units of life‐story analysis, whose
features resemble elements from narrative identity's factorial structure. To bridge narrative …

Background: Newly acquired long-term cognitive impairments are common among survivors
of critical illness. They have been linked to the stressful situation that patients experience in …

The intensity of positive affect elicited by recall of positive events exceeds the intensity of
negative affect elicited by recall of negative events (fading affect bias, or FAB). The research …

Autobiographical memories serve psychosocial functions in daily life and the use of
memories is related to their valence. In the present study, we examined whether functions …