What Is a Flashbulb Memory?
Last Updated Mar 29, 2020 12:33:49 AM ET
A flashbulb memory is a vivid and concrete memory that is created in the brain when a person experiences or learns of emotional, shocking events. People tend to remember very specific details of flashbulb memories.
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