Common Flashbulb Memories
During extremely arousing and often emotional times, vivid and accurate flashbulb memories are formed. Some common experiences noted are: the deaths of Bob Marley, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, and Kurt Cobain the assassinations of Malcolm X, Rajiv Gandhi, John F. Kennedy, and John Lennon, the disaster involving the Challenger space shuttle, and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 Often, individuals can recall photograph-like memories, and are able to remember exactly what they were doing, for example, or where they were.
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