'Emotional Hangover' Is Real
Emotion-provoking events prime the brain to remember things more effectively, researchers find
By Randy Dotinga
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Dec. 26, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- Experiences that tug at our feelings create emotional "hangovers" that affect future events and make them easier to remember.
"How we remember events is not just a consequence of the external world we experience, but is also strongly influenced by our internal states. And these internal states can persist and color future experiences," said study senior author Lila Davachi. She is an associate professor at New York University's Department of Psychology and Center for Neural Science.
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