Question

Ashton is forty-five years old. he has vivid memories of the significant events that took place in his youth. however, he finds it difficult to recollect the events that took place during the first few years of his life. in the context of memory retrieval, this ability to recall events from certain phases of his life is known as

Answer 1

The ability to recall events having vivid memories of significant events tha took place long time ago is known as   flashbulb memory.


This is a kind of emotional memory in the sense that it is the significance of the facts, or how amazing, surprising or important they  were for the person what causes a vivid image. Nevertheless, this image may be incomplete, and the person remembers some details does not remember all the details.