Andrew Huberman· PhD
memory is assisted by anything that makes an impression on a powerful passion. Inspiring fear, for example, or wonder, shame, or joy.
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
memory is assisted by anything that makes an impression on a powerful passion. Inspiring fear, for example, or wonder, shame, or joy.
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the subjects that read the emotionally intense paragraph remembered far more of the content of that paragraph and were far more accurate in their remembering of that information.