Today in class we introduced the concept of flashbulb memories. Many of you shared strong emotional memories from your past that you were vividly able to recall. BUT... how accurate were they. Are you sure all the details are just as you remember. When ask to recall how the events of 9/11 unfolded for then President George Bush on 3 separate occasions he reported slightly different stories. Two of them seemed to be completely inaccurate. This led to conspiracy theories about the President's knowledge of the event and complicit in the attack. If you were a good psychologist you might not have jumped to such conclusions and understood the frailty of the human memory.
Read the article as it contains the accounts of President Bush's three independent recollection of the morning on 9/11 and a complete discussion on how we do poorly on recalling specific details of our memories.
