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I Loved Her, I Loved Her Not: How Current Thinking Can Sway Our Memories of Love
As our memories fade, we rely on our current assessment of a person to remember how we felt about them in the past, and this extends to some of the most central figures in our lives: our parents.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring neural processes underlying attention, collective emotions and resilience, and group-based deprivation and extremist beliefs.
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Teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science
“Why People Forget and Falsely Remember US Presidents” by C. Nathan DeWall and “The Likely Aftermath of Adversity: Harm, Resilience, or Growth?” by David G. Myers.
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Is the Immediate Playback of Events Changing Children’s Memories?
The night of the elementary school talent show, we came home to celebrate with ice cream when my mother took out her iPhone to show a video she’d taken of my 10-year-old daughter’s performance. My
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The Vibrancy of Memories Fades With Time
When memories fade, they don’t just lose the factual detail, they also lose their visual vividness, research shows.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring racial bias in perception of size and strength, pathways linking testosterone and aggression, and reactivation of previous experiences.
