A year and a half after directly experiencing a San Francisco earthquake, people had very accurate recall of where they had been and what they were doing at the time of the earthquake. Their recall best illustrates ________ memory.

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The accurate recall of a significant and emotional event, such as experiencing an earthquake, is characteristic of flashbulb memory. Implicit and procedural memory do not involve conscious recollection of specific events, while sensory memory is a very brief and fleeting type of memory.

A Year and a Half After Directly Experiencing a San