APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

"Flashbulb" Events from Childhood

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Cognitive

  • Daniel Greenberg
    College of Charleston

Abstract

Do powerful autobiographical memories breach the barrier of childhood amnesia? This study investigated undergraduates’ memories of 9/11 and found that they did not: Their content and phenomenology paralleled other early memories, and they were generally not retained before age 3.5. The consequences of retaining such a memory were also investigated.

Human Learning and Memory

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