ABSTRACT
As outlined in Chapter 7, individuals vividly remember many emotional experiences, and there is evidence that they are more likely to remember at least some types of details regarding emotional experiences compared to non-emotional ones. However, we also understand that emotion does not allow the formation of a picture-perfect memory, retaining all of the myriad details present at the time the information was processed. In fact, not only does emotion leave memory unaffected for some types of details, it also can have an impairing effect on memory for some types of information. This pattern is often described in terms of trade-offs. As implied by the term, although emotion has an enhancing effect on memory for some types of details, those beneficial effects of emotion can be accompanied by decrements in memory for other types of details.
