Whilst the emotional distortion of memory encoding and recall seems to be counter-productive to the maintenance of an accurate view of the outside world, their influence m… See more

A person’s focus of attention will inevitably affect what they remember during an experience, but emotions appear to affect memory encoding more profoundly than simply dra… See more

The means by which emotions are able help determine which memories are processed is also the subject of ongoing studies. Whilst the process is still not fully understood… See more

Whilst emotions are believed to affect the transformation of events into memories at the point of encoding, our mood whilst trying to recall events at a later date can affect our a… See more