Negative emotion more likely to cause false memories, researchers find
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 - 15:35
in Psychology & Sociology
Remembering negative events tends to result in more false memories than remembering neutral events, according to Cornell professor of human development Charles Brainerd.
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