Children remember childhood: implications for childhood amnesia
1998; Wiley; Volume: 12; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199810)12
ISSN1099-0720
AutoresRobyn Fıvush, April Schwarzmueller,
Tópico(s)Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy
ResumoApplied Cognitive PsychologyVolume 12, Issue 5 p. 455-473 Research Article Children remember childhood: implications for childhood amnesia Robyn Fivush, Corresponding Author Robyn Fivush Emory University, USADepartment of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USASearch for more papers by this authorApril Schwarzmueller, April Schwarzmueller Emory University, USASearch for more papers by this author Robyn Fivush, Corresponding Author Robyn Fivush Emory University, USADepartment of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USASearch for more papers by this authorApril Schwarzmueller, April Schwarzmueller Emory University, USASearch for more papers by this author First published: 06 January 1999 https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0720(199810)12:5 3.0.CO;2-HCitations: 75AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract Whether events from early childhood are recalled as children grow older is a critical issue for understanding the development of autobiographical memory and the phenomenon of childhood amnesia. Sixteen white, middle-class 8-year-old children were asked about events that they had recalled in previous interviews when they were 40, 46, 58 or 70 months old. Children recalled most of the events about which they were asked, even those events that occurred in very early childhood. Moreover, children recalled the events accurately and with many details. However, children reported much new and different information about the events at age 8. Overall, girls recalled more information at age 8 than boys did. Surprisingly, there were no relationships between rehearsal and the amount of information children recalled at age 8, but it must be emphasized that all these events were frequently rehearsed at the time of occurrence. These results demonstrate remarkable memory over extended periods of time for events occurring in early childhood. Implications for childhood amnesia are discussed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. References Bahrick, H., Bahrick, P. O. and Wittlinger, R. P. (1975). Fifty years of memory for faces: a cross-sectional approach. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 104, 54–75. 10.1037/0096-3445.104.1.54 Web of Science®Google Scholar Bauer, P. J. and Wewerka, S. (1997). Saying is revealing: Verbal expression of event memory in the transition from infancy to early childhood. In P. van der Broek, P. J. Bauer and T. Bourg (Eds), Developmental spans in event comprehension representation: Bridging fictional and actual events. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. 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