Citation

Nachson I, Slavutskay-Tsukerman I. Memory 2010; 18(3): 241-251.

Affiliation

Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/09658210903476530

PMID

20099186

Abstract

The association between memories of the terrorist explosion at the Dolphinarium discotheque in Tel Aviv and the level of personal involvement in the explosion was investigated. Memories of injured victims, uninjured eyewitnesses, and uninvolved controls who learned about the explosion from the mass media were compared. It was expected that memory of the explosion would be most and least detailed and accurate among the victims and the controls, respectively. The participants responded to an open-ended question about the explosion, as well as to specific and multiple-choice questions. Data analyses showed that the victims and the eyewitnesses remembered more details than the controls, and that the victims remembered both central and peripheral details more accurately than the other participants. Degree of involvement in the same traumatic experience was thus shown to be differentially associated with memory accuracy.

Language: en