The 9/11 attacks inside and outside the US: Testing four models of flashbulb memory formation across groups and the specific effects of social identity

Memory

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 742-759

  Luminet, Olivier ^a   Curci, Antonietta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

9 11 attacks; Consistency of memory; Emotion and cognition; Flashbulb memories; Social identity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FLASHBULB MEMORY; HUMAN; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TERRORISM; UNITED STATES;

AFFECT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 70349487803     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210903081827     Document Type: Article

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