Social scientists have studied collective memory for almost a century, but psychological
analyses have only recently emerged. Although no singular approach to the psychological …

The enhancing effects of emotion on memory have been well documented; emotional events
are often more frequently and more vividly remembered than their neutral counterparts …

The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Student's Handbook provides
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The forgetting curve is one of the most well known and established findings in memory
research. Knowing the pattern of memory change over time can provide insight into …

Emotions have a life beyond the immediate eliciting situation, as they tend to be shared with
others by putting the experience in narrative form. Narrating emotions helps us to express …

The psychological and sociological literature indicate that personal events are remembered
and imagined as more positive than negative, whereas public events are remembered and …

This thoroughly updated edition provides a balanced review of the core methods and the
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