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On the way home from her senior prom, mary's date ran a red light and crashed into another vehicle, causing severe injuries to all involved. twenty years later, mary still remembers the song that was playing on the radio at the time of the crash. in the context of memory retrieval, such a memory is best described as a(n) _____ memory.

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Such a memory is best described as a "flashbulb" memory.

A flashbulb memory is a profoundly definite, incredibly clear 'depiction' of the moment and conditions in which a bit of amazing and considerable, or emotionally stirring news was heard or an incident happened.
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