Journal article
Magic memories: Young children's verbal recall after a 6-year delay
Child Development, Vol.83(1), pp.159-172
2012
Abstract
This report describes the first prospective study specifically designed to assess children's verbal memory for a unique event 6years after it occurred. Forty-six 27- to 51-month-old children took part in a unique event and were interviewed about it twice, after 24-hr and 6-year delays. During the 6-year interview, 9 children verbally recalled the event, including 2 who were under 3years old when the event occurred. This may be the most convincing evidence to date that such early experiences can be verbally recalled after long delays. These data have important implications for current theories of memory development and childhood amnesia and underscore some of the problems associated with evaluating the veracity of early memories under less controlled conditions.
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- Title
- Magic memories: Young children's verbal recall after a 6-year delay
- Authors
- Fiona Jack (Author) - University of Otago, New ZealandGabrielle Simcock (Author) - UNiversity of QueenslandHarlene Hayne (Author) - University of Otago, New Zealand
- Publication details
- Child Development, Vol.83(1), pp.159-172
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc.
- Date published
- 2012
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01699.x
- ISSN
- 0009-3920
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Thompson Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450715502621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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