The power of episodic memories is that they bring a past moment into the present, providing
opportunities for us to recall details of the experiences, reframe or update the memory, and�…

Recent studies reveal a positivity effect in older adults' memories, in which they show a bias
to enhance positive information and diminish negative information. In this chapter, I review�…

There have been extensive discussions about whether emotional memories contain more
accurate detail than nonemotional memories do, or whether individuals simply believe that�…

People generally prefer rewards sooner rather than later. This phenomenon, temporal
discounting, underlies many societal problems, including addiction and obesity. One way to�…

A hallmark feature of episodic memory is that of “mental time travel,” whereby an individual
feels they have returned to a prior moment in time. Cognitive and behavioral neuroscience�…

Reminders of happy memories can bring back pleasant feelings tied to the original
experience, suggesting an intrinsic value in reminiscing about the positive past. However�…

There are many ways to become depressed, and many ways in which recovery from
depression is impaired. This chapter outlines how a person's memory can play a role in�…

Recalling happy memories elicits positive feelings and enhances one's wellbeing,
suggesting a potential adaptive function in using this strategy for coping with stress. In two�…

The purpose of this chapter is to review some of the empirical findings in the study of
memory for emotional events, focusing on memory for negative emotional or traumatic�…

Young and older adults are more likely to remember emotional information than neutral
information. The present functional magnetic resonance imaging study examined the neural�…