Flashbulb Memory Theory Examined By Challenger Survey
Emory University psychologist Ulric Neisser tests the accuracy of flashbulb memories by surveying students about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. He notes the term coined by Roger Brown describes vivid, emotional memories but questions their precision. Neisser recalls his first reactions on the day of the explosion and considers how public events shape memory.
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Off Base Students Survey 1988 and 1990
In the fall of 1988 and again in spring 1990, a team led by a graduate student and Emory staff tracked down 44 students and interviewed them. They scored responses on a seven point accuracy scale.
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Emory
Nicole Harsch
Husky Destroyed After Baby’s Fatal Attack
In Westampton New Jersey officials said a Siberian husky killed a baby girl and was destroyed Tuesday at the request of the infant’s parents. Louise Cox of the Burlington County Rabies Control Center said the dog will be tested for rabies. Shelter officials noted the dog appeared jealous of the child.
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Puta
Louise Cox
Burlington County and Rabies Control Center
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Confessions of Bundy Stump For Time Before Execution
Investigators describe Bundy’s final hour confessions as gambles to delay his death. Washington, Utah and Florida officials note he sought intervention and sympathetic victims’ relatives, while Utah and Idaho detectives recall his demeanor before the January 24, 1989 electric chair death for the 1978 Florida crimes.
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Bundy
Florida
Washington State
Idaho
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Colorado
Bob Keppel
Bunday
Dennis Couch
Couch
Salt Lake County
L. Berea Omyenes
Tallahassee
Diana Weiner
Weiner
Bob Martinez
Washington
Sven
Lo Bundy
Keppel
Sunspot Peaks Linked to Flu Outbreak Theory Essay
A letter to Nature discusses a possible sunspot triggered flu outbreak linking solar activity to pandemics from 1919 to 1979. Paul Glezen of Baylor College of Medicine questions the idea, noting influenza virus stability in air is unlikely to allow airborne reentry and stressing other causes may be more plausible.
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Nature
Suppey
Paul Glezen
Influenza Research Center
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston
Noel Joy and the Trash-Can Baby Saga in South Florida
Noel Joy survived after being found in a green garbage bag in West Palm Beach, a newborn dumped at week before Christmas 1988. The story follows her rescue, media attention, and ongoing abandonment cases across Broward and Palm Beach counties as Terrilyn and LaVon Thurston become her family.
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West Palm Beach
Noel Joy
Broward
Palm Beach
Patient Plea Helps National Leukemia Bank
In New York a 20-year-old leukemia patient drives a donor search as about 9,600 people have blood tested in three months hoping to donate bone marrow. Allison Atias remains awaiting a match while eight other patients find donor leads and a national marrow data bank nears 40,000 names. The Atlas family of Bethesda joins about 15 public families aided by Life-Savers Foundation in St Paul to fund tests and public outreach.
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New York
Allison Atias
Atlas
Bethesda
Life-Savers Foundation
St. Paul
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