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If anyone is looking for a rabbit hole to go down, the memories formed in response to surprising, highly emotional events, that people feel are especially vivid
by closed 9y ago
If anyone is looking for a rabbit hole to go down, the memories formed in response to surprising, highly emotional events, that people feel are especially vivid, are called flashbulb memories :).
RE people believing they saw it, even if they couldn't have, an important factor for people's (mis)recollection is what happens after the event.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashbulb_memory https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashbulb_memory
- nielsole 9y agoI liked how Terry Pratchett mocked this phenomenon: > He remembered once when he'd been stabbed and would have bled to death if Sergeant Angua hadn't caught up with him and how, as he lay there, he'd found himself taking a very intense interest in the pattern of the carpet. The senses say: we've only got a few minutes, let's record everything, in every detail... --The Night Watch