ReviewCognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience2022
The power of negative and positive episodic memories.
Review in Cognitive, affective & behavioral neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06225531 (Exploring the Feasibility and Acceptability of an Autobiographical Memory-Based Intervention for People With Suicidality), which is not on this map. Cited by 55 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Exploring the Feasibility and Acceptability of an Autobiographical Memory-Based Intervention for People With Suicidality: A Case Series
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55 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Preliminary evidence that remembering together can help younger adults recall the positive.Frontiers in cognition · 2026Article
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- Dynamic brain mechanisms supporting salient memories under cortisol.Science advances · 2025Article
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Abstract
The power of episodic memories is that they bring a past moment into the present, providing opportunities for us to recall details of the experiences, reframe or update the memory, and use the retrieved information to guide our decisions. In these regards, negative and positive memories can be especially powerful: Life's highs and lows are disproportionately represented in memory, and when they are retrieved, they often impact our current mood and thoughts and influence various forms of behavior. Research rooted in neuroscience and cognitive psychology has historically focused on memory for negative emotional content. Yet the study of autobiographical memories has highlighted the importance of positive emotional memories, and more recently, cognitive neuroscience methods have begun to clarify why positive memories may show powerful relations to mental wellbeing. Here, we review the models that have been proposed to explain why emotional memories are long-lasting (durable) and likely to be retrieved (accessible), describing how in overlapping-but distinctly separable-ways, positive and negative memories can be easier to retrieve, and more likely to influence behavior. We end by identifying potential implications of this literature for broader topics related to mental wellbeing, education, and workplace environments.
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