Top 5: Love the Past, But Don't Live There
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
The Illusion of Memory
This chapter explores the fallibility of human memory and how it selectively recalls past experiences, often embellishing them into more enjoyable narratives. It highlights the concepts of 'rosy retrospection' and 'rosy prospection,' revealing how our perceptions of past and future events are often skewed, leading us to remember negative experiences in a more favorable light.
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