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Type of vivid, enduring autobiographical memory
A flashbulb memory is a vivid, long-lasting memory about a surprising or shocking event. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Flashbulb memoryA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: A day that America will remember: flashbulb memory, collective memory, and future thinking for the capitol riotsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: FlashbackThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Is there a special flashbulb-memory mechanism?Cited 179 times
- Go sideways: Personal-event memoryA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Exceptional memoryA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A memory of a significant and extremely emotional moment or event.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Is there a special flashbulb-memory mechanism?
A ten-year follow-up of a study of memory for the attack of September 11, 2001: Flashbulb memories and memories for flashbulb events.
Do you need a "flash" to form a flashbulb memory?
A new flashbulb memory model applied to the Marmara earthquake
Is flashbulb memory a special instance of source memory? Evidence from older adults
Flashbulb memories? The effects of when the initial memory report was obtained
Flashbulb memory for 11 September 2001
Flashbulb memory assumptions: Using national surveys to explore cognitive phenomena
🆕 Influential since 2022
A day that America will remember: flashbulb memory, collective memory, and future thinking for the capitol riots
The flashbulb-like nature of memory for the first COVID-19 case and the impact of the emergency. A cross-national survey
Exploring the role of digital media dependency on the relationship between personal involvement and flashbulb memory during the pandemic: Empirical evidence from Mainland China
“I remember the attack”: a pilot study investigating flashbulb memory in individuals with schizophrenia
Memory footprint: Predictors of flashbulb and event memories of the 2016 Euro Cup final
📚 Books worth reading
FlashbackDan Simmons · 2011
Flashbulb memoriesOlivier Luminet · 2008
Flashbulb memoriesMartin A. Conway, Martin Conway · 1994
Affect and accuracy in recallEugene Winograd, Ulric Neisser · 2006
Affect and accuracy in recallEugene Winograd, Ulric Neisser · 1992- 📕Memories of O.J. SimpsonRobert G. Winningham · 1996
Affect and accuracy in recallEugene Winograd, Ulric Neisser · 2006
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