Why Memories May Become More Positive as People Age

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NEURAL CORRELATES OF EMOTIONAL MEMORIES: A REVIEW OF EVIDENCE FROM BRAIN IMAGING STUDIES (2012, methodology): “In addition to those factors, investigation of age-related differences in emotion processing also has the potential to contribute to our understanding of the neural mechanisms of altered emotional memory in mood and anxiety disorders as well as potential therapeutic cures, as aging is characterised ”
Memory as a self-protective mechanism (2009, background): “Mather (2006) reported that older adults exhibit a more robust positivity bias than younger adults in autobiographical memory, and they proposed that this difference is the result of older adults having stronger chronically activated emotion regulation goals.”
Mnemic neglect: Selective amnesia of one’s faults (2016, background): “For example, positive life events are often remembered better than negative life events (Mather, 2006; Ross & Wilson, 2002; Skowronski et al., 1991).”
The Theory Behind the Age-Related Positivity Effect (2012, background): “Because cognitive resources are required to direct information processing toward goal-relevant stimuli and away from less relevant stimuli (Mather, 2006), the positivity effect will be most evident in individuals with relatively good cognitive control.”