Personality, habits of thought and gender influence how we remember
Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - 13:32
in Psychology & Sociology
We all have them -- positive memories of personal events that are a delight to recall, and painful recollections that we would rather forget. A new study reveals that what we do with our emotional memories and how they affect us has a lot to do with our gender, personality and the methods we use (often without awareness) to regulate our feelings.