 It was found that contrary to many flashbulb memory hypotheses, traumatic experiences are less clearly recalled than positive experiences.Positive memories contained more sensory detail, and clarity of events surrounding the memory were also better for positive memories, despite the fact that the negative and traumatic memories were more likely to be rated as important.In general participants reported talking about traumatic events less often than positive events, but this had no real effect on recall, nor did the emotionality of the respective events.