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Confidence, Not Consistency, Characterizes Flashbulb Memories

Overview of attention for article published in Psychological Science, September 2003
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Article details
Title
Confidence, Not Consistency, Characterizes Flashbulb Memories
Published in
Psychological Science, September 2003
DOI 10.1111/1467-9280.02453
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United States 7 2%
United Kingdom 5 1%
Germany 2 <1%
France 1 <1%
China 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 413 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 84 20%
Student > Ph. D. Student 72 17%
Researcher 44 10%
Student > Master 43 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 20 5%
Other 52 12%
Unknown 115 27%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 204 47%
Neuroscience 23 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 15 3%
Medicine and Dentistry 13 3%
Social Sciences 11 3%
Other 37 9%
Unknown 127 30%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 395. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 October 2026.
All research outputs
#98,109
of 34,763,505 outputs
Outputs from Psychological Science
#215
of 4,581 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#58
of 78,840 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Psychological Science
#1
of 21 outputs
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