What is it about?
To evaluate real memories of terrorist attack, Phenomenological Questionnaire on Autobiographical Memory was used. Differences were shown in terms of memory quality, emotions associated with the event, and accessibility of the information remembered. Results were also represented using high-dimensional visualization (HDV) graphs, supporting the assertion that long-term event memories have different characteristics depending on the age of the individual at the time the event took place.
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Memories for adult people meet the criteria to be considered flashbulb memories, while in the case of the younger ones, this kind of memory does not seem to be generated. Young people are probably less capable of evaluating the consequences of an event, which results in reduced emotional arousal and a different elaboration of the event memory in comparison to older adults.
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This page is a summary of: Age-related differences in the phenomenal characteristics of long-term memories of March 11, 2004 terrorist attack, Anuario de Psicología Jurídica, January 2017, Colegio Oficial de Psicologos de Madrid,
DOI: 10.1016/j.apj.2017.03.002.
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