Der Nervenarzt,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
95(7), P. 608 - 615
Published: May 6, 2024
The
recall
of
memories
past
events,
experiences
and
emotions
is
a
complex
process.
When
experiencing
traumatic
as
the
case
with
sexual
violence,
host
additional
complexities
difficulties
arise.
This
becomes
especially
important
in
court
cases
which
rely
mostly
or
exclusively
on
testimony
victim,
where
problem
fallibility
memory
takes
center
stage.
Some
research
studies
emphasize
possibility
inducing,
altering
suppressing
memories,
context
psychotherapy.
has
led
to
unfortunate
reality
that
victims
who
have
undergone
psychotherapy
often
considered
be
unreliable.
turn
can
lead
impression
decision
made
between
treatment
adverse
effects
events
maximizing
chances
for
conviction
perpetrator
court.
article
introduces
some
central
concepts
our
current
understanding
gives
an
overview
relevant
scientific
literature
debate.
Following
this,
it
examines
dilemma
pertains
different
groups
all
involved
parties
(i.e.,
victims,
members
judiciary
psychotherapists).
Lastly,
proposes
framework
how
approach
solution
this
by
focusing
critical
areas,
expansion
therapy
guidelines
documentation
procedures
well
communication
these
efforts
involved.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(1)
Published: Oct. 17, 2023
Abstract
Human
emotions
fluctuate
over
time.
However,
it
is
unclear
how
these
shifting
emotional
states
influence
the
organization
of
episodic
memory.
Here,
we
examine
emotion
dynamics
transform
experiences
into
memorable
events.
Using
custom
musical
pieces
and
a
dynamic
emotion-tracking
tool
to
elicit
measure
temporal
fluctuations
in
felt
valence
arousal,
our
results
demonstrate
that
memory
organized
around
states.
While
listening
music,
between
different
valences
bias
encoding
process
toward
integration
or
separation.
Whereas
large
absolute
negative
shift
helps
segment
memories
episodes,
positive
binds
sequential
representations
together.
Both
discrete
shifts
music-evoked
arousal
also
enhance
delayed
item
source
for
concurrent
neutral
items,
signaling
beginning
new
These
findings
are
line
with
idea
rise
fall
can
sculpt
unfolding
meaningful
Cognition & Emotion,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 20
Published: Jan. 25, 2024
Temporal
stability
and
change
in
neutral
contexts
can
transform
continuous
experiences
into
distinct
memorable
events.
However,
less
is
known
about
how
shifting
emotional
states
influence
these
memory
processes,
despite
ample
evidence
that
emotion
impacts
non-temporal
aspects
of
memory.
Here,
we
examined
if
stimuli
temporal
for
recent
event
sequences.
Participants
encoded
lists
images
while
listening
to
auditory
tones.
At
regular
intervals
within
each
list,
participants
heard
positive,
negative,
or
sounds,
which
served
as
"emotional
boundaries"
divided
sequence
discrete
order
was
tested
item
pairs
either
spanned
an
sound
were
encountered
the
same
event.
Encountering
a
highly
arousing
boundary
led
faster
response
times
items
next
Critically,
found
sounds
had
different
effects
on
binding
ongoing
versus
ensuing
sequential
representations
Specifically,
significantly
more
likely
enhance
information
compared
those
boundaries,
especially
boundaries
with
negative
valence.
These
findings
suggest
aversive
contexts,
fluctuations
arousal
help
shape
organisation
events
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
120(29)
Published: July 11, 2023
How
do
collective
events
shape
how
we
remember
our
lives?
We
leveraged
advances
in
natural
language
processing
as
well
a
rich,
longitudinal
assessment
of
1,000
Americans
throughout
2020
to
examine
memory
is
influenced
by
two
prominent
factors:
surprise
and
emotion.
Autobiographical
for
displayed
unique
signature:
There
was
substantial
bump
March,
aligning
with
pandemic
onset
lockdowns,
consistent
across
three
collections
1
y
apart.
further
investigated
emotion,
using
both
immediate
retrieved
measures,
predicted
the
amount
content
autobiographical
memory:
Negative
affect
increased
recall
all
whereas
its
more
clinical
indices,
depression
posttraumatic
stress
disorder,
selectively
nonepisodic
recall.
Finally,
separate
cohort,
found
news
be
better
remembered,
surprising,
negative,
while
lockdowns
compressed
remembered
time.
Our
work
connects
laboratory
findings
real
world
delineates
effects
acute
versus
signatures
negative
emotion
on
memory.
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
18
Published: Jan. 24, 2024
Background
While
younger
adults
are
more
likely
to
attend
to,
process,
and
remember
negative
relative
positive
information,
healthy
older
show
the
opposite
pattern.
The
current
study
evaluates
when,
exactly,
this
positivity
shift
begins,
how
it
influences
memory
performance
for
positive,
negative,
neutral
information.
Methods
A
total
of
274
early
middle-aged
(35–47),
late
(48–59),
(>59)
viewed
scenes
consisting
a
or
object
placed
on
plausible
background,
rated
each
scene
its
valence
arousal.
After
12
h
spanning
night
sleep
(
n
=
137)
day
wakefulness
137),
participants
completed
an
unexpected
test
during
which
they
were
shown
objects
backgrounds
separately
indicated
whether
component
was
“same,”
“similar,”
“new”
what
session.
Results
conclusions
We
found
that
both
positively
compared
adults.
However,
only
showed
better
objects,
greater
trade-off
magnitude
(i.e.,
remembering
at
cost
their
associated
backgrounds)
than
backgrounds).
Our
findings
suggest
while
bias
may
not
emerge
in
until
adulthood,
toward
terms
processing
begin
middle
age.
Learning & Memory,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
32(1), P. a053971 - a053971
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Emotional
events
hold
a
privileged
place
in
our
memories,
differing
accuracy
and
structure
from
memories
for
neutral
experiences.
Although
much
work
has
focused
on
the
pronounced
differences
memory
negative
experiences,
there
is
growing
evidence
that
positive
may
lead
to
more
holistic,
or
integrated,
memories.
However,
it
unclear
whether
these
affect-driven
changes
structure,
which
have
been
found
highly
controlled
laboratory
environments,
extend
real-world
episodic
We
ran
experiments
assessed
experiences
created
(Experiment
1)
and,
using
smartphones,
everyday
2).
complement
design
innovations
with
novel
analysis
approach
model
integration
both
settings.
Consistent
past
findings,
emotional
were
subjectively
remembered
strongly.
These
studies
also
revealed
features
of
indeed
integrated
within
memory,
real
world.
effects
specific
participants’
responses
during
encoding
rather
than
general
states
at
time
retrieval,
reflected
increase
between
multiple
features.
Together,
results
demonstrate
robust
events,
introduce
measure
integration,
highlight
importance
assessing
impact
emotion
beyond
laboratory.