When personality meets surprise: individual differences in memory for unexpected events
These findings demonstrate that personality traits dynamically shape how expectation guides memory formation and offer new insight into the interplay between dispositional factors and cognition. They also highlight important implications for both memory theory and applied contexts.
Authors
- Alex Kafkas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5133-8827)
- Katerina Sergi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3777-0327)
- Matt Westerman
- Keith Cleto
- Karolina Sabaityte
Institutions
- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2025-12-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1652428
- Primary Topic
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Leverhulme Trust
- Medical Research Council