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APS Virtual Poster Showcase · 2020

Discovering Pregnancy: A Personal Flashbulb Memory

Virtual · June 2020

Poster Sessions · Cognitive

  • Erin Neis
    Butler University
  • Sofia Camarillo
    Butler University
  • Avery George
    Butler University
  • John Bohannon
    Butler University

Abstract

58 female and 9 male participants recalled discovering their pregnancy (or paternity). Arousal but not valence had an effect on narrative and probed memory. Either high affect or many recounts of their discoveries maintained their pregnancy discovery memories over time.

Memory