All About Psychology
We often say that a person is the sum of their memories. We are who we are because we have a past and we remember it often. When we have to make an important decision, the first thing we do is look …
[Read more...] about How memory works? 5 fascinating details
How many times have you repeated a phone number or someone's name to yourself until you were tired and then forgot it? You have probably wondered how you could have forgotten it since you have …
[Read more...] about Spaced Memory Effect: How to remember more with less effort?
Our memory makes us who we are. It treasures our biography, reminds us of our achievements and mistakes, keeps our bonds alive, and evokes the things we love and fight for. Our memories are part of …
Memory is a complex cognitive function that not only allows us to remember where we have left our house keys but also our life experiences, to distinguish the people we love from the strangers and …
Have you ever forgotten an appointment you didn't feel like going to? Or maybe you forgot a pending task that caused you tension? Or an unpleasant fact? It is not unusual. Although we tend to think …
[Read more...] about Motivated Forgetting, erasing from memory what hurts or bothers us
When we look at the past with the eyes of the present, the current knowledge often distorts our memory. We think we knew what was going to happen, when in reality we did not. That tendency to think …
[Read more...] about Hindsight bias, the tendency to think we knew what was going to happen
We are taking steps back. Social distancing has been one of the most important measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic that has been raging for months. But it seems that some people do not …
[Read more...] about Who do not comply with social distancing have a worse working memory
