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Emotions Provoked By Negative Events Can Trigger Inaccurate Memories

December 24, 2010 by

A University of Leicester psychologist has been involved in new research with Cornell University professors which has shown that emotions, particularly those provoked by negative events, can trigger inaccurate memories and the effect is worse, not better, when the witness is an adult rather than a young child...

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