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Ines Bramao, Senior Lecturer in Psychology , Lund University

The people we like can influence the connections our memory makes

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Memory is so much more than a storage unit in our minds. The people involved in memories influence what we recall, and, as our study shows, the connections we make between memories.

Our memory helps us learn from experiences and develop new knowledge by integrating and updating information. This process goes beyond recalling individual events; it involves connecting elements from different experiences.

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