Marie-Charlotte Gandolphe, Mohamad El Haj
Univ. Lille, CNRS, CHU Lille, UMR 9193 – SCALab – Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives, F-59000 Lille, France.
Abstract:
Flashbulb memories are detailed, vivid and long-lasting autobiographical memories of attributes of the reception context of surprising and emotionally arousing public events. We assessed flashbulb memories for the Paris attacks in a participant with Korsakoff’s syndrome (KS).
Keywords:autobiographical ,flashbulb memories ,Korsakoff’s syndrome