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Memory and Perception: Memory for Traumatic Events
Some crime victims say they remember every detail of the incident. Other victims barely remember what happened. Does a person’s memory for a traumatic event improve and become more complete in the days after the trauma? Is the memory for a traumatic event “burned into the brain” and immune to being forgotten? Researchers Daniel Reisberg and Kathy Pezdek provide an overview of current science.