Hi Charles: Check Ulrich Neisser's book: Memory Observed. In it he reprints the original Brown & Kulik paper along with some other ANECDOTAL evidence that perhaps some of these are false.
Annette Quoting Charles Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I thought I saw all this on TIPS, but nothing shows up in a search. > Can anyone supply the correct details and source?: > > A classic illustration of "flashbulb memories" is "Where were > you when you heard that John F. Kennedy was assassinated?" > A classic illustration of of a *false* "flashbulb memory" was > "I was at (or listening to a radio broadcast of) a Brooklyn > Dodgers game at Ebbets Field." (The Dodgers had moved to Los > Angeles in 1957.) > But then someone pointed out that the Brooklyn Dodgers *were* > still playing in Ebbets Field in 1963--the *football* Dodgers. > --Charles > Charles S. Harris, PhD [EMAIL PROTECTED] > webmaster, The Nurture Assumption website: > http://home.att.net/~xchar/tna/ > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Annette Taylor, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology University of San Diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
