Emotion has multiple effects on the encoding and retrieval of memories. Which of the following is most likely to occur during the recall of everyday emotional events?

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Research suggests that emotion enhances the encoding and retrieval of memories, particularly for the central, "gist" aspects of an experience. However, this enhancement may come at the expense of more detailed, peripheral information. Therefore, accurate recall of the event's gist but relatively poor recall of the event's background details ("periphery") is the most likely outcome during the recall of everyday emotional events. Amnesia and repression are not likely to occur in this context, and decreased accuracy in recall is a possibility but less likely than the specific pattern of central-peripheral recall.

Emotion Has Multiple Effects on the Encoding and Retrieval of Memories