TY - JOUR
T1 - Flashbulb memories for September 11th can be preserved in older adults
AU - Davidson, Patrick S.R.
AU - Cook, Shaun P.
AU - Glisky, Elizabeth L.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was supported by fellowships from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to P. D., and a National Institute on Aging grant (AG 14792) to E. G. A preliminary version of this report received the 2003 Completed Doctoral Research Award from the Division of Adult Development and Aging of the American Psychological Association. We thank Claire Conlon, Maria Marquine, Michael Robinson, and Andrea Soulé for assistance. We are grateful to Lee Ryan and Malcolm Binns for discussion of the statistical analyses.
PY - 2006/6
Y1 - 2006/6
N2 - Flashbulb memories (FMs) are vivid, long-lasting memories for the source of surprising, arousing news. Laboratory studies have consistently found that older adults, especially those with below-average frontal lobe (FL) function, are impaired in source memory relative to young. We tested memory for the source of news concerning the September 11th terrorist attacks in older adults with high or low frontal lobe function and in young people. We found no age differences in source memory a year after the event and no differences related to FL function. Flashbulb memories may be different from usual cases of source memory because of their emotional content, personal importance, or social relevance.
AB - Flashbulb memories (FMs) are vivid, long-lasting memories for the source of surprising, arousing news. Laboratory studies have consistently found that older adults, especially those with below-average frontal lobe (FL) function, are impaired in source memory relative to young. We tested memory for the source of news concerning the September 11th terrorist attacks in older adults with high or low frontal lobe function and in young people. We found no age differences in source memory a year after the event and no differences related to FL function. Flashbulb memories may be different from usual cases of source memory because of their emotional content, personal importance, or social relevance.
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U2 - 10.1080/13825580490904192
DO - 10.1080/13825580490904192
M3 - Article
C2 - 16807198
AN - SCOPUS:33646363819
SN - 1382-5585
VL - 13
SP - 196
EP - 206
JO - Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
JF - Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
IS - 2
ER -