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minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoHere’s a weird take on this, is there some evolutionary reason for this?
minus-squareOctoham@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 days agothe brain typically remembers things associated with strong emotional reactions, esp. negative reactions, presumably in order to remember your mistakes and not do them again.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoExactly. So it’s sad that the positive things don’t feature more strongly in our memories, just like the OP meme suggests.
Here’s a weird take on this, is there some evolutionary reason for this?
the brain typically remembers things associated with strong emotional reactions, esp. negative reactions, presumably in order to remember your mistakes and not do them again.
Exactly. So it’s sad that the positive things don’t feature more strongly in our memories, just like the OP meme suggests.