The power of influence of emotions on memory is not always negative, says neuroscientist Joe LeDoux. Our emotions are often shaped by basic survival circuits in the brain that motivate us to avoid threats, he says.

The brain prioritizes what it considers important and allows us to forget what is not, he adds. We tend to feel intense emotions, such as euphoria, panic, disgust or disgust, it is logical that we remember these experiences as well as the most intense ones that we have had, he writes. The power of emotional turmoil also works in reverse, he argues, and can influence our mood, our thinking and our present actions. It is not essential to feel embarrassed, embarrassed or a little guilty or a roof over our heads to put a plate on the table or a table on our heads, Le Doux says. But it is essential to experience our survival; they are essential to our experience based on our survival, the neuroscientists say. The most intense experiences we have are the most logical to remember.