newswise.com Wrote:Painful, emotional memories that people would most like to forget may be the toughest to leave behind, especially when memories are created through visual cues, according to a new study by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/532484/?sc=dwhn
This article outlines one of the main reasons some RtK stories stick better than others in memory.
This is also a reason why, personally, I prefer to avoid gruesome stories or any negative images in general. If you're going to spend a while creating memory associations, might as well make them work for you instead of against you, and thus, use positive images and positive emotions. Each time you recall those stories, you win.