Phelps & Sharot Study

Question 1

Aim of the Phelps & Sharot Study

Answer 1

To see the effect of the proximity of the attack on memory recall as well as the brain

Question 2

Method of the Phelps & Sharot Study

Answer 2

Correlation

Question 3

Procedure of the Phelps & Sharot Study

Answer 3

• Begins with 24 participants being asked to recall the events 9/11 as well as other memories during the summer.
• Their brains were scanned with an MRI as the participants retrieved their memories.
• Participants were then asked about vividness and emotional arousal of the event.

Question 4

Results of the Phelps & Sharot Study

Answer 4

• Showed activity in the hippocampus of the participants’ brain in midtown who learned about the attacks through media.
• Participants downtown recalled the attacks and showed activity in the amygdala.
• Phelps and Sharot study shows the presence Flashbulb Theory