Seeing grieving as learning explains why the process takes time
Standard features of human memory and learning can help explain the disorientation that follows the death of a loved one
by Saren H Seeley & Mary-Frances O’Connor
Mary-Frances O’Connor is associate professor of clinical psychology at the University of Arizona and the author of The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss (HarperOne, 2022).
Written by Mary-Frances O’Connor