Flashbulb Memory Analysis
A couple of weeks ago Jim remembered and explained a vivid, flashbulb memory from his childhood of the day he had found out his parents had won the lottery. He remembered where he sat in the house and the board game he played with his siblings when they found out his parents won. Jim also said the score of the game. Jim found out of recent that everything he was recalling of that day was wrong. Jim had an inaccurate memory of that day. Dr. Elizabeth Loftus and others have explained that memory constantly changes. Humans are constantly revising and updating their memories. People do not even know they are doing this and information they have received after the event has happened ends up changing what they recall. Jim probably spoke about that