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Authors
Cocquyt, Chantelle M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9129-0944
Wilson, Isabel S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1142-8622
Sharma, Khushi https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9812-1216
Palombo, Daniela J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8082-3522
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (PGSD3-559911-2021)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (USRA)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (USRA)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (RGPIN-2019-04596)
Canada Foundation for Innovation (38817)
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Article History
Received: 8 June 2025
Accepted: 26 November 2025
First Online: 12 February 2026
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Behavioural Ethics Board at the University of British Columbia (Ethics approval number: H19-01357).
: All participants provided informed consent to be included in this study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Emotional events are often bookended by neutral moments that happen just before and after. This study shows that people recall more specific and emotionally rich details about a negative event when they are cued with something they encountered during the neutral moment that followed. These findings help us understand how people form and later access cohesive memories of emotionally meaningful events from their everyday lives.
