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Long-term Memory

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• Neisser (1982b)<br />

– link to history<br />

• Story retelling<br />

– memory strengthening (rehearsal)<br />

– progressive distortion<br />

• Bonhannon’s (1988)<br />

– Challenger explosion<br />

• stronger emotions = greater memory<br />

• more retellings = greater memory<br />

• Weaver (1993) compared intentional memory to<br />

flashbulb memory<br />

– remember next meeting with roommate<br />

• Immediately, 3 months, 1 year<br />

– gulf war started at same time (direct comparison)<br />

• No accuracy differences<br />

– Ebbinghaus forgetting<br />

• Higher confidence for flashbulb<br />

– No relationship between accuracy and confidence

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