In 2015, a photograph of a Syrian child lying dead on a beac…

In 2015, a photograph of a Syrian child lying dead on a beach went viral. In response to the photograph, Red Cross donations were 55 times greater than in response to statistics that described hundreds of thousands of other refugee deaths. This demonstrates that our emotions as well as our actions can be related to the

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, while Yara and he…

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, while Yara and her sibling Yunseo were eating dinner, their parents came in and told them that school was temporarily canceled. Several years later, Yara asks Yunseo, “Remember when we found out school was canceled while we were eating breakfast?” From then on, Yunseo also misremembers themselves eating breakfast when they learned the news. This is an example of

Allison, who was recently stung by a bee in her neighbor Gia…

Allison, who was recently stung by a bee in her neighbor Gia’s garden, now tenses with fear every time she passes Gia’s house. As weeks go by without her getting stung again, however, the association weakens and Allison begins to relax. This process is called