Where were you when you during the events of September 11, 2001? How about the John F. Kennedy assassination? Countless Variations of these question are asked all the time, and normally people respond with vivid, elaborate, and confidently held memories. Memories some say that they will almost never be unable to forget. Roger Brown and James Kulik deemed these types of memories flashbulb memories to explain their phenomenon that people had taken a photograph of themselves while learning of a public, emotionally charged event such as 9/11 or the JFK assassination.
The term flashbulb memories refers to the types of memories that involve the circumstances in which one had learned of a public event. They are different from first-hand memories,
The term flashbulb memories refers to the types of memories that involve the circumstances in which one had learned of a public event. They are different from first-hand memories,