For decades, neuroscientists have been trying to uncover the neural processes that allow humans and various other animals to ...

Why do we remember a hug forever? A new neurobiological model explains how "affective tactile memory" stores emotional touch ...

The Fading Affect Bias (FAB) refers to the tendency for the emotional intensity associated with unpleasant autobiographical events to decay more rapidly over time than that linked to pleasant events.

Emotional experiences clearly affect memory. At the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy many people shared their memories of where they were when they heard the news that he had ...

Stress influences what we learn and remember. The hormone cortisol, which is released during stressful situations, can make emotional memories in particular stronger. But how exactly does cortisol ...

Faul, L. & Kensinger , E.A. (accepted). Emotional memory. Learning and Memory: A Comprehensive Reference, 3rd Edition. Elsevier. Garcia, S.M. & Kensinger, E.A ...

Feeling alone may leave a mark on memory, especially for older adults. A major European study of more than 10,000 people ...

Loneliness is something most of us will experience at some point. It is a normal emotion, not a character flaw. But it is ...