New Cornell research highlights the significance of emotion in event segmentation, suggesting it influences how we structure attention and memory, contributing to the transition of experiences. This contrasts with the traditional view that focused on observable changes in action or location. By examining commercial films, the researchers demonstrated that emotional content is vital in recognizing critical shifts, arguing that this aspect has been largely overlooked in psychological theories on how the brain processes ongoing experiences.
"Emotion does drive how we process critical changes in events. It helps signal moments that we need to pay higher attention to, and that we will rely on to remember these experiences."
"Despite emotion being a central feature of daily life, influencing what people pay attention to and remember, research has largely overlooked its role in how the brain divides ongoing experience."
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