Neurology professor Andrew E. Budson explained that there are certain strategies that people can use to ensure their memory ...

Participants exposed to images that generated positive emotions show enhanced memory of meaningless symbols the following day ...

During image pair learning sessions, positive emotions promoted brain activity that could predict how well participants ...

It's so easy to get caught up in what we must do and lose sight of the things that really make life worth living.

During image pair learning sessions, positive emotions promoted brain activity that could predict how well participants ...

After a 24-hour break, students were given a recognition memory test and the results revealed that students had better recall ...

Brain scans revealed that the improved memory performance was associated with greater similarity in neural activity every ...

Positive emotions can be defined as pleasant multicomponent response tendencies. They are multicomponent because they involve more than just our internal feelings; they also include changes in our ...

In contrast, positive emotions are usually experienced when a goal is achieved. Accordingly, negative emotions require more cognitive resources to be allocated for dealing with the given situation.

Cultivating positive emotions is not just about feeling good in the moment; it’s about building long-term emotional health. These emotions, from gratitude and joy to compassion, ...

People in the UK and US are more likely to feel nostalgic towards places by the sea, lakes or rivers than they are towards ...

People who felt a wide variety of positive emotions—not just one, like being happy—had lower levels of inflammation throughout their body.