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Features of autobiographical memory: theoretical and empirical issues in the measurement of flashbulb memory.
Full Abstract
Flashbulb memories (FBMs) were defined by R. Brown and J. Kulik (1977) as vivid, detailed, and long-lasting memories for attributes of the reception context of public news. Unlike ordinary autobiographical memories, they are conceived as autobiographical formations that noticeably integrate specific perceptual details. The authors aimed to test a measurement model for FBMs as compared with event memory (EM) by hypothesizing that a categorical, rather than dimensional, approach would be more appropriate to account for FBM data. They submitted FBM and EM recollections from U.S. and European citizens concerning the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 to latent-trait model (LTM) and latent-class model (LCM) analyses. Results revealed that FBM data could be appropriately modeled through LCM, whereas for EM, LTM and LCM exhibited some inadequacy. The authors discuss implications for a theoretical account of FBMs.
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Author/s: Curci, Antonietta (A); Lanciano, Tiziana (T);
Affiliation: University of Bari, Department of Psychology, Piazza Umberto I, 1, 70121 Bari, Italy. a.curci(-atsign-)psico.uniba.it
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: The Journal of general psychology (J Gen Psychol), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2009-Apr; vol 136 (issue 2) : pp 129-50
Dates: Created 2009/04/08; Completed 2009/05/11;
PMID: 19350832, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 5/11/2009, IMS Date: 11 May 2009 00:00:00)
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