For my second year project, I am interested in attentional factors during the processing of an impactful flashbulb memory. Theses factors include the influence of emotion or emotional bias and divided or shifted attention or attentional bias and the positive or negative influence of these during the processing of flashbulb memories, either improving or decreasing accuracy of the memory.
Any researchers within this area or information to inform my discussion would be greatly appreciated.
This info might serve your project
* Psychological Science Agenda | October 2011
SCIENCE BRIEF
What we remember (and forget) about positive and negative experiences
The affective responses we experience about an event influence what we later remember about that event.
By Elizabeth A. Kensinger
* https://www.researchblogging.org/post-search/list?tags...search...1...
Mar 10, 2010 - The authors examine factors which can be used to reduce the gap. ... We're slower at processing touch-related words than words related to the other senses. by BPS Research ... Psychologists think the answer may have to with attention. .... Confidence, Not Consistency, Characterizes Flashbulb Memories.
- Badges
- Science topic