@article{ref1,
title="Memory for the pleasant as compared with the unpleasant",
journal="Journal of experimental psychology",
year="1931",
author="Jersild, A.",
volume="14",
number="3",
pages="284-288",
abstract="51 students recorded &quot;all the pleasant experiences which they had during the preceding three weeks,&quot; then the unpleasant ones. Three weeks later the recordings were repeated; this time they were asked to recall the earlier lists. 45% of the &quot;pleasure&quot; items (834) and 31% of the &quot;unpleasant&quot; ones (698) were recalled, the difference being statistically reliable. The author believes that &quot;agreeable events will be more subject to review and exercise than the disagreeable,&quot; and that &quot;memory for unpleasant events will be modified in terms of activities undertaken to relieve the unpleasantness.&quot; (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)<p />",
language="",
issn="0022-1015",
doi="10.1037/h0074453",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0074453"
}