Positivity effect in psychology

 

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The positivity effect describes a repeated finding that people recall positive information over negative information as they age. 

For a review of the theory associated with the effect, see Reed and Carstensen (2012).

Reference

Reed, A. E., & Carstensen, L. L. (2012). The theory behind the age-related positivity effect. Frontiers in Psychology, 3, Article 339. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00339

Also, see ScienceDirect for a summary of recent studies.

Positivity Effect - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

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