Memories for sexual encounters: Sexual attitudes, personality, gender, and evidence for personal flashbulb effects

摘要: Recollections of first and most recent sex experiences were examined as personal flashbulb memories (FBM) using "open" narrative probed recall estimates over the course two studies. Furthermore, dimensions gender, personality, sexual attitudes analyzed for their effects on memory. Although both rated equally arousing, experience occurred with a longer delay to test was talked about more than three times much experience. However, vivid in study II. Yet, contained memory features memories. Personality did correlate aspects behavior but not display an effect Finally, only minor gender found concerning These results are discussed within framework FBM human sexuality research. Introduction "Flashbulb" details surrounding one's". discovery surprising, consequential, or emotionally arousing events (Brown & Kulik, 1977). First interactions (or experiences) such event. They personally significant, biologically relevant. Some frequently recalled elements activity leading up event, emotional affect, location, source information, aftermath. particular common functions, including recall, confidence, arousal, vividness, number recounts, also affect (see Julian, Bohannon Aue, 2008). This