Stress thwarts our ability to plan ahead by disrupting how we use memory
Friday, April 3, 2020 - 11:40
in Psychology & Sociology
New research from Stanford University has found that stress can hinder our ability to develop informed plans by preventing us from being able to make decisions based on memory. “We draw on memory not just to project ourselves backward into the past but to project ourselves forward, to plan,” said Stanford psychologist Anthony Wagner, who is […]