Ten years later - Within a week of September 11, 2001, several researchers joined together (William Hirst, 2015) in the US and sent out surveys about the event. The memory has been altered and you probably aren’t aware of the alteration.īut some memories are accurate, right? - If I ask you what you were doing on July 21, 2008, you probably won’t remember much, and your memories may be vague, “Was that a weekday? If it was a weekday, I was probably at work.” However, if I ask you what you were doing when you found out about the attack on the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001, you probably have a very strong memory of where you were and what you were doing, because that memory was encoded with a strong emotional charge - these are called “flashbulb” memories. For example, you remember that your Aunt Kathy was at the family reunion last August, but actually she wasn’t at that reunion, she was at the holiday party in October. Each time you retrieve the memory it changes a little more, especially for this type of “autobiographical” memory.Īnything that’s occurred since you first created the memory may affect the original memory. You re-create the memory when you retrieve it, so it’s subject to new neuron firings.
And every time you retrieve the memory, it may change based on new information and new memories. But your brain is also firing when you retrieve the memory. Your brain is being rewired every time you form a memory. The latest research on memory shows that memories are formed from particular neurons firing. But that’s not how memories are stored or retrieved. We think that memories are like digital recordings of specific facts or events. You run the event back in your mind, and it almost seems like you’re watching a movie. You think back to when you were last at a family gathering or an annual work celebration.
And the balls can be retrieved and played back.
#Flashbulb memory movie
How accurate are memories? Did you see the movie Inside Out? In the movie memories are stored as round colored balls.
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