The Fading Affect Bias: Why Bad Memories Lose Their Sting Faster Than Good Ones
Decades of research show negative emotion fades from memory faster than positive emotion — a quiet feature of the mind that helps us heal but also distorts what we remember.
May 10, 2026
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