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flashbulb memory  

Definition

  • An autobiographical memory that is durable, vivid, and confidently held, of the reception context for learning about surprising, important, public events that were not directly experienced (adapted from Talarico, 2023).

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • FBM

Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Brown, R., & Kulik, J. (1977). Flashbulb memories. Cognition, 5(1), 73–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/0010-0277(77)90018-X

    • Document type: empirical study

    • Access: closed

  • • Curci, A., Lanciano, T., Curtotti, D., & Sartori, G. (2020). Lessons for the courtroom from the study of Flashbulb memory: An integrative review. Memory, 28(3), 441–449. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2020.1727522

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Frinco, R., Muzzulini, B., Tinti, C., Luminet, O., & Schmidt, S. (2024). A review of longitudinal studies on flashbulb memories. Where we started, are, and are going? Applied Cognitive Psychology, 38(4), e4233. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4233

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

  • • Kopp, S. J., Sockol, L. E., & Multhaup, K. S. (2020). Age-related differences in flashbulb memories: A meta-analysis. Psychology and Aging, 35(4), 459–472. https://doi.org/10.1037/pag0000467

    • Document type: meta-analysis

    • Access: closed

  • • Lecouvey, G., Desgranges, B., Peschanski, D., & Eustache, F. (2020). Le souvenir flash : Un souvenir spécial au croisement de la mémoire individuelle et de la mémoire collective. Revue de neuropsychologie, 12(1), 35–45. https://doi.org/10.1684/nrp.2020.0534

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Luminet, O., & Cordonnier, A. (2025). Flashbulb memories. Current Opinion in Psychology, 65, 102079. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102079

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Luminet, O., & Curci, A. (Eds.). (2009). Flashbulb Memories: New Issues and New Perspectives. Psychology Press.

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Talarico, J. M. (2023). Flashbulb memory. In L. M. Bietti & M. Pogacar (Eds.), The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Memory Studies. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93789-8_27-1

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: closed

  • • Thomas-Antérion, C., Borg, C., Vioux, H., & Laurent, B. (2010). En quoi la recherche de souvenirs flash peut-elle nous renseigner sur la mémoire épisodique et la mémoire sémantique ? Revue de neuropsychologie, 2(1), 55–60. https://doi.org/10.1684/nrp.2010.0055

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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