“…First, binding effects could be more important for angry voices than happy voices. Indeed, several experiments showed that anger, as a threat-related stimulus, more easily captured attention than happiness did (e.g., Coelho, Cloete, & Wallis, 2010;Ohman, Lundqvist, & Esteves, 2001;Pinkham, Griffin, Baron, Sasson, & Gur, 2010;Weymar et al 2011), an effect called anger superiority effect (Hansen & Hansen, 1988). Moreover, flashbulb memories, which are rated as more negative in valence than everyday memories (Talarico & Rubin, 2003), tended to be more consistently remembered when they were negative than when they were positive (Kensinger & Schacter, 2006).…”