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Memories of the 'Good Old Days'

Thursday June 19, 2003
Most of us remember happy times in the past more clearly than unhappy times. A new study supports this, finding that memory is biased toward happiness for most of us. This does not seem to be true for depressed persons, however. May persons with depression seem to do the opposite. Their memories seem to be biased toward unhappiness. You can read more about this research in this press release written by the American Psychological Association.

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