What do infants recall of their lives? Memory for specific events by one- to two-year-olds.

摘要: Until as recently a decade ago, it was widely believed that infants and children younger than age three were unable to recall the events of their lives. Several developments, including findings representational competence in first year life evidence long-term abilities young three, have led revision this assumption. Through application technique elicited imitation action sequences, my colleagues I gathered one- two-year range are able specific events. Within period, is not major determinant whether an event will be recalled: Even 13-month-olds after long periods time. Children demonstrate memory both nonverbally verbally. Rather by age, primarily determined what child asked remember, number exposures event, availability cues or reminders event. These rejection traditional assumption mnemonically incompetent two-year-old provided impetus for identification factors maintain accessibility early memories over transition from infancy childhood.