Comprehensive Model; Autobiographical Memory; Original Event
Abstract :
[en] Flashbulb memories (FBMs) are detailed recollections of the context in which people first heard about important events. The present study investigates three models of the formation and maintenance of FBM. Two models have previously been proposed in the literature (Brown & Kulik, 1977; Conway et al., 1994). A third model of FBM that integrates theories of FBM and recent developments in the field of emotions is proposed. The present study compares these three competing models by investigating the FBMs that Belgian citizens developed upon learning of the unexpected death of their king Baudouin. Structural equation modeling revealed that, as compared to the two previously proposed models, the third model, which takes into account emotional processes, better explains FBM.
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
Finkenauer, Catrin; Université Catholique de Louvain - UCL
Luminet, Olivier; Université Catholique de Louvain - UCL
Gisle, Lydia; Université Catholique de Louvain - UCL
El Ahmadi, Abdessadek; Université de Liège - ULiège
Van der Linden, Martial ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychopathologie cognitive
Philippot, Pierre; Université Catholique de Louvain - UCL
Language :
English
Title :
Flashbulb memories and the underlying mechanisms of their formation : towards an emotional-integrative model
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