Flashbulb memories are special after all; in phenomenology, not accuracy

Talarico, Jennifer M.; Rubin, David C.

doi:10.1002/acp.1293

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“…In accordance with previous studies (see Talarico & Rubin, 2007) in our research, levels of autobiographical confidence were very high. Indeed, a very main issue in FBMs studies is 'confidence' (Wolters & Goudsmit, 2005).…”

Section: Autobiographical Vs Event Confidencesupporting

confidence: 80%

Autobiographical and event memories for surprising and unsurprising events

Coluccia

Bianco

Brandimonte

2009

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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Although research converges on the idea that surprise is not essential to form a 'flashbulb memory' (FBM), no study has explicitly shown that a FBM that develops from an unexpected event has the same structure as a FBM that develops from an expected event. In the present research, we explored whether there is any substantial difference on veridicality, consistency and confidence in both autobiographical and event memories for surprising and expected events. Two groups of participants were tested for their memories of a surprising (Study I) or an expected (Study II) event at different delays of indexing from the original news. All participants were then re-tested after 6 months and again after 1 year from the first interview. The same patterns of results were found for both events. Consistent with the 'narrative and rehearsal' hypothesis, our results provide direct evidence that surprise does not affect the structure of a FBM.

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Section: Autobiographical Vs Event Confidencesupporting

confidence: 80%

Autobiographical and event memories for surprising and unsurprising events

Coluccia

Bianco

Brandimonte

2009

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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“…Although people are unlikely to forget that these events happened, research suggests that people can misremember significant aspects of their flashbulb memories (e.g. Neisser & Harsch, 1992;Schmolck, Buffalo, & Squire, 2000;Talarico & Rubin, 2007). Schmolck and colleagues provided examples of how flashbulb memories can change over time.…”

Section: Misremembering Momentous Eventsmentioning

confidence: 99%

False memories: What the hell are they for?

Newman

Lindsay

2009

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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Recollecting the past is often accompanied by a sense of veracity-a subjective feeling that we are reencountering fragments of an episode as it occurred. Yet years of research suggest that we can be surprisingly inaccurate in what we recall. People can make relatively minor memory errors such as misremembering attributes of past selves and misremembering details of shocking public events. But sometimes these errors are more extreme, such as experiencing illusory recollections of entire childhood events that did not really happen. Why would the memory system fail us, sometimes very dramatically? We examine various false memory phenomena by first considering them to be a byproduct of a powerful and flexible memory system. We then explore the idea that a system that is capable of mentally revising the past serves a predictive function for the future. Finally, we consider the possibility that false memories meet self-image and social needs.

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“…Many of the participants were emotional when describing the time of diagnosis and had 'flashbulb' memories 27 that were imprinted from when they first were told. The health implications of the genetic condition were often described as the most difficult part of the diagnosis to come to terms with.…”

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confidence: 99%

Health first, genetics second: exploring families' experiences of communicating genetic information

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Genetic information may have health and reproductive implications for the proband and their family members. The responsibility for communicating this information within families generally lies with the proband or consultand. Previous research has explored the barriers and facilitators to communication, particularly in families affected with familial cancer syndromes. This study is an exploration of families' experiences, which aims to elucidate the process of communicating genetic information in families affected with non-cancer genetic conditions. The methodology involved 12 semi-structured interviews with probands, consultands and their family members. There were six different genetic conditions present in the families: adrenoleukodystrophy (n ¼ 3), cystic fibrosis (n ¼ 3), fragile X syndrome (n ¼ 1), haemochromatosis (n ¼ 1), balanced reciprocal chromosomal translocation (n ¼ 3) and Robertsonian chromosomal translocation (n ¼ 1). The results presented arise from two key themes, (1) the diagnosis and (2) post diagnosis. The interview data illustrate that the time of the diagnosis is a traumatic experience for families and that communication stimulated by this event revolves around informing family members about the diagnosis, but not warning them of their genetic risk. Post diagnosis, the collection of information about the genetic condition and continued communication to more distant family members, often using pre-existing family communication patterns, enables the continuation of communication about the genetic condition.

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Flashbulb memories are special after all; in phenomenology, not accuracy

Cited by 135 publications

References 76 publications

Autobiographical and event memories for surprising and unsurprising events

Autobiographical and event memories for surprising and unsurprising events

False memories: What the hell are they for?

Health first, genetics second: exploring families' experiences of communicating genetic information

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