Emotion+and+flashbulb+memory

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Flashbulb memory and emotional arousal
Definition

Emotional arousal appears to cause certain events to be remembered in vivid deatil

Strength 1 Evidence exists to support Brown and Kulik's theory of flashbulb memory

Strength 2 Evidence suggests that the emotional arousal is an adaptive mechanism - we are primed to store events that are emotionally significant because they may be relevant to survival.

Limitation It may be rehearsal rather than arousal.