Original Writing
What does it mean to remember 9/11?
Medium
Flashbulb memories of dramatic events aren’t as accurate as believed
The Conversation [reprinted at CNN and elsewhere]
What the Bourne films get right and wrong about amnesia
The Conversation [reprinted at Salon and elsewhere]
Does Pixar’s Inside Out show how memory actually works?
The Conversation [reprinted at Gizmodo and elsewhere]
Imperfect memories
The Academic Minute
Flashbulb memories – why do we remember learning about dramatic events so vividly?
The Conversation
Commentary
What the Titanic submersible saga and the Greek migrant shipwreck say about our reactions to tragedy
Associated Press, David Sharp
Shooting by 6-year-old raises complex cultural questions
Associated Press, Holly Ramer
There’s a good chance you’re misremembering 9/11
IFLScience, James Felton
9/11: As decades pass, the act of remembering evolves
Associated Press, Ted Anthony
Covid graduation season is the time to end the milestone-industrial complex
NBC News, Rainsford Stauffer
Weaned on Hollywood endings, Americans now face a messy one
Associated Press, Ted Anthony
From a prolonged pandemic, a rethink of life’s milestones?
Associated Press, Leanne Italie
In-betweenland: As 2020 slips away, an American snapshot
Associated Press, Ted Anthony
How will we remember 2020?
Lafayette Magazine, Shannon Sigafoos
You’ll probably forget what it was like to live through a pandemic
Vice, Shayla Love
In virus times, have Americans found a shared experience?
Associated Press, Ted Anthony
For millennials, 9/11 and its aftermath shaped their view of the world
The Morning Call, Andrew Wagaman
Is our destiny in our own hands?
The Guardian, Oliver Burkeman
Your life story is made up of transitions and turning points – Do you know the difference?
BPS Research Digest, Alex Fradera
Emotion selectively distorts our recollections
Scientific American Mind, Ingfei Chen
Seared in our memories
APA Monitor, Bridget Murray Law
Do you really remember where you were on 9/11?
LiveScience, Stephanie Pappas
Report links 9/11 memories to proximity
Associated Press, Randy Schmid