title: The Benefits and Costs of a Rose-Colored Hindsight.
abstract: Self-serving biases lead people to see themselves and their future through rose-colored glasses. New research by Kouchaki and Gino suggests this rosy view also extends backwards: memories of unethical behavior are less vivid than memories of good deeds. This so-called 'unethical amnesia' has many individual benefits, but also carries social costs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kappes
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: molly.crockett@psy.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Crockett
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D008192:Deception; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D012094:Repression, Psychology; D012919:Social Behavior