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Kvavilashvili, Lia; Mirani, Jennifer; Schlagman, Simone; Foley, Kerry; Kornbrot, Diana E. – Journal of Memory and Language, 2009
The consistency of flashbulb memories over long delays provides a test of theories of memory for highly emotional events. This study used September 11, 2001 as the target event, with test-retest delays of 2 and 3 years. The nature and consistency of flashbulb memories were examined as a function of delay between the target event and an initial…
Descriptors: Memory, Reliability, Psychological Patterns, Emotional Response
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Talmi, Deborah; Luk, Betty T. C.; McGarry, Lucy M.; Moscovitch, Morris – Journal of Memory and Language, 2007
Emotional events are more organized and distinctive than neutral events. We asked whether organization and distinctiveness can account for emotionally-enhanced memory. To examine organization, we compared memory for arousing, negatively-valenced pictures, and inter-related neutral pictures. To examine distinctiveness, we manipulated list…
Descriptors: Memory, Language Arts, Pictorial Stimuli, Affective Behavior
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Kensinger, Elizabeth A.; Garoff-Eaton, Rachel J.; Schacter, Daniel L. – Journal of Memory and Language, 2006
Individuals often claim that they vividly remember information with negative emotional content. At least two types of information could lead to this sense of enhanced vividness: Information about the emotional item itself (e.g., the exact visual details of a snake) and information about the context in which the emotional item was encountered…
Descriptors: Memory, Emotional Experience, Psychological Patterns, Emotional Response