![]() ![]() First 11 months, then 35 months, then 119 months, and finally ten years afterward. The researcher team then followed up with the same group of respondents. They also asked about key details surrounding the event, like how many planes were involved. They asked 3,245 participants many questions about where and when they learned of the attack on the twin towers. Within a week of the 9/11 attacks, Hirst and his team conducted their first survey at locations all around the United States. Because every time an event like 9/11 happens, researchers rush out to test members of the public, so we can better understand better how memory works.Īnd that’s exactly what memory researcher William Hirst and his team did. But does this mean the memory is correct? It’s one of those events that if you ask someone “where were you when you heard about 9/11?” they can give an account in detail and will feel certain in the accuracy of that memory. This is an event that was so shocking and unexpected, that it gets lodged in our memory. The terrorist attacks of 9/11 are considered a flashbulb moment. It takes it’s name from the flashbulb of a camera, as it was hypothesised that circumstances create a permanent record of the details surrounding the experience. The memory we have is highly detailed, vivid, and feels incredibly accurate because of the circumstances. The term was coined in 1977 by Brown and Kulik and refers to a memory we have about a very specific moment in time, because the event was so surprising, shocking, or consequential. In a recent episode, the show focused on memories and talked about the concept of “flashbulb memories”. Then the show goes back into hiding and I experience withdrawal.Ĭurrently, he’s in the midst of season three and it’s as exceptional as ever. For 10 weeks of the year, he releases a new episode each week. ![]() I’m an avid listener of podcasts and Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History is a firm favourite. ![]()
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