- Author
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Kvavilashvili, K.
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Mirani, J.
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Schlagman, S.
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Kornbrot, D. E.
- Title
- Comparing Flashbulb Memories of September 11 and the Death of Princess Diana: Effects of Time Delays and Nationality.
- Coporate
- University of Hertfordshire, UK
- Journal
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Applied Cognitive Psychology,
Vol. 17,
No. 9,
1017-1031,
November/December 2003
- Keywords
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World Trade Center
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terrorists
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terrorism
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death
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time lag
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human beings
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pattern recognition
- Identifiers
- World Trade Center (110-story-high) Towers, Manhattan, New York, September 11, 2001; flashbulb memory; memories of a recent event (September 11) were compared to memories of a distant event (the death of Princess Diana) in several samples of British and one sample of Italian participants; percentage of participants (raw numbers in brackets) in Study 1 who provided an answer to a question about each of the 5 canonical categories in probed recall as a function of nationality (British vs. Italians) and event (Princess Diana vs. September 11); mean memory specificity scores as a function of nationality (British vs. Italian) and event (Princess Diana vs. September 11) in Study 1; mean ratings of vividness as a function of nationality (British vs. Italian) and event (Princess Diana vs. September 11) in Study 1; mean ratings of surprise, emotion, personal and national importance on 10-Point rating scales as a function of nationality (British vs. Italian) and event (Princess Diana vs. September 11) in Study 1; mean memory specificity scores and mean vividness ratings as a function of event (Princess Diana vs. September 11) and group (2/3-day vs. 10/11-day vs. 3-month) in Study 2