Garden roses in an Engish chintz pitcher the week the queen died Source: Carol Smith Quick: Where were you when Queen Elizabeth II died? Most of us can likely remember details of where we learned the ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The first exhibit of the National September ...

While these studies demonstrate that flashbulb memories aren’t completely accurate, they don’t test whether flashbulb memories are more accurate than memories of everyday events. That was the question ...

While we know that flashbulb memories aren’t perfect records, for a long time no one knew if these memories were more accurate than ordinary autobiographical memories. Since flashbulb memories are ...

Where were you on Sept. 11 when you first heard that a plane had hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center? Many of us may have vivid memories of that day, recalling where we were and what we were ...