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Wikipedia: Fading Affect Bias

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Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fading_affect_bias

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fading_affect_bias
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Wikipedia: Fading Affect Bias
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The fading affect bias, more commonly known as FAB, is a psychological phenomenon in which memories associated with negative emotions tend to be forgotten more quickly than those associated with positive emotions.
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This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Psychological Phenomena, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 holds, 3 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.

Well-attested

8

Psychological Phenomena

Holds

1

Psychological Phenomena

General References

3

Psychological Phenomena

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