Distinctiveness
flashbulb memory: Comparative analysis of five terrorist attacks.
Elizabeth Loftus, the most prominent authority in this field) define what they call "
flashbulb memory" or "snapshot memory." This is how Bryan Lee described his recollection of the actual moments of the gunfight to American Handgunner.
Flashbulb memory was assessed using a directed interview technique, including questions on event memory,
flashbulb memory, vividness, rehearsal, emotion, surprise, novelty and importance (see Annex).
A
flashbulb memory, as described by Brown and Kulik, is the memory of an event by a number of people.
Root's own name change may not have been as sensational an affair as Jenner's, but sitting in her solicitor's office, having just signed a statutory declaration making it official, will always be a "
flashbulb memory" for her.
Schmidt (experimental psychology, Middle Tennessee State U.) began his research into
flashbulb memory the day the Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrated in 1986.
episodic memory,
flashbulb memory, verbal memory, and so many other types of memory which are intended to describe the memory processes.
Nevertheless, the high phenomenal richness of these memories is a common assumption in
flashbulb memory research that has scarcely been tested.
Classic
flashbulb memory events are hearing about the assassination of John Kennedy, the death of Princess Diana, and, most recently, the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001.
study of '
flashbulb memory', originally introduced by Brown
Experts say the findings show that her death has joined the "
flashbulb memory" list, along with the murder of John F Kennedy.
According to a recent psychological theory, major events such as these activate a special memory mechanism that creates a detailed, permanent "
flashbulb memory" of a person's experience just before, during and after learning of the startling event.