“…One notable example is research on flashbulb memories. Flashbulb memories are memories about the personal circumstances in which one first learns about a surprising and emotional public event (Conway et al, 1994; Hirst et al, 2018), such as the deaths of public figures (Day & Ross, 2014; Demiray & Freund, 2015; Tinti et al, 2014), political events (e.g., the fall of the Berlin Wall; Bohn & Berntsen, 2007), the resignations of Prime Ministers (e.g., Conway et al, 1994; Stone et al, 2015), the Fukushima nuclear disaster (Talarico et al, 2019), the inauguration of President Obama (Koppel et al, 2013), and sporting events (Breslin & Safer, 2011; Kopietz & Echterhoff, 2014; Merck et al, 2020; Talarico & Moore, 2012; Tinti et al, 2014). In research on flashbulb memories, researchers typically assess how participants learned of an emotional public event shortly after it occurred, followed by a subsequent assessment about the same memory a few months or years later.…”