Emotion and memory
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Emotion can have a powerful impact on memory. Numerous studies have shown that the most vivid autobiographical memories tend to be of emotional events, which are likely to be recalled more often and with more clarity and detail than neutral events.
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See also
- Amygdala
- Arousal
- Autobiographical memory
- Creativity
- Dispositional Affect
- Emotion
- Emotional contagion
- Emotional labor
- Emotions in decision making
- Flashbulb memory
- List of emotions
- Law of effect
- Memory
- Memory and aging
- Peak-end rule
- Principles of learning
- Yerkes-Dodson law
- Psychogenic amnesia; Dissociative Amnesia (formerly Psychogenic Amnesia) (DSM-IV Dissociative Disorders 300.12)
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