flashbulb memory
Britishnoun
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For me, it became a flashbulb memory, a reminder that art has the power to not only divert people from their dispirited ruminations but also help them reframe their despairing mind-sets.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 21, 2022
In fact, our participants described their diagnosis memory as more vivid, intense and visceral than the ratings subjects had given to their recollection of 9/11 in another flashbulb memory study.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 8, 2020
In a recent study we demonstrated that for some individuals, a medical diagnosis event does create a flashbulb memory that endures for years after the fact.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 8, 2020
While the term "flashbulb memory" was introduced in 1977, the phenomenon was known to researchers well before then.
From US News ● Sep. 9, 2016
Experts have a name for this phenomenon: flashbulb memory.
From Time Magazine Archive
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