Laing et al. (2026)

Emotional learning selectively distorts the temporal organization of memory: A quantitative synthesis

Cognition, 268, 106382

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Laing, P. A. F., Hennings, A. C., Cooper, S. E., & Dunsmoor, J. E. (2026). Emotional learning selectively distorts the temporal organization of memory: A quantitative synthesis. Cognition, 268, 106382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2025.106382

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Temporal Placement Memory Processes

Definition

Placing an item in time ("when did you see this image?") is a different judgment from recognizing it ("did you see this image?"). The two diverge when items linked to a frightening episode are well recognized but wrongly assigned to the phase in which that episode happened