All’s Bad That Ends Bad: There Is a Peak-End Memory Bias in Anxiety

The peak-end memory bias has been well documented for the retrospective evaluation of pain. It describes that the retrospective evaluation of pain is largely based on the discomfort experienced at the most intense point (peak) and at the end of the episode. This is notable because it means that long...

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Main Authors: Ulrich W. D. Müller, Cilia L. M. Witteman, Jan Spijker, Georg W. Alpers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01272/full