section_path: Types/By information type
section_name: By information type
paragraph_text: By information type
  
  Topographical memory involves the ability to orient oneself in space, to recognize and follow an itinerary, or to recognize familiar places. Getting lost when traveling alone is an example of the failure of topographic memory.
  
  Flashbulb memories are clear episodic memories of unique and highly emotional events. People remembering where they were or what they were doing when they first heard the news of President Kennedy 's assassination, the Sydney Siege or of 9/11 are examples of flashbulb memories.