Emotional Memory

We are more likely to remember emotionally loaded images than emotion neutral ones. We are also more likely to remember things if we are in an emotional state ourselves. This article also briefly looks at flashbulb memories - those ones where we remember exactly what we were doing when a certain event happened- eg the Twin Towers collapsing, Lady Diana and so on. This is an interesting read with enough technical information without being too dry or boring. Click here for the link to the BBC Radio 4 transcript