idealized memory

language: zh

definitions

  1. A cognitive bias where an individual remembers past events more positively than they actually occurred, often by filtering out negative details and emphasizing positive ones.
    zh: 理想化记忆
  2. The representation of a person, event, or period in art or literature as being better or more perfect than it truly was.
    zh: 理想化的记忆呈现

examples

  1. Due to idealized memory, she believes her childhood summers were perfect, forgetting the many rainy days.

    由于理想化记忆，她认为她的童年夏天是完美的，忘记了许多阴雨天。

  2. The novel relies on an idealized memory of the Victorian era to create a sense of nostalgia.

    这部小说依靠对维多利亚时代的理想化记忆来营造怀旧感。