Childhood Amnesia

A Conceptualization in Cognitive-Psychological Terms

Bibliographic Data

ID8335121
AuthorsScott E Wetzler (Scott Wetzler, Ph.D. Psychology Department Montefiore Hospital 111 East 210th Street Bronx, New York 10467), Scott Wetzler (Yeshiva University), John A Sweeney (0000-0002-1273-3602, John Sweeney, Ph.D. Payne Whitney Clinic New York Hospital 525 East 68th Street New York, New York 10021)
Year1986
Volume34
Issue3
Pages663-685
Publication date1986-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/000306518603400307
PMID3760448
OpenAlexW2098767539
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited22

Childhood amnesia is defined operationally as the forgetting of early life events to a significantly greater degree than is accounted for by “normal” forgetting, which is an increasing recall decrement as time since occurrence increases. Three cognitive processes and their developmental changes are discussed which, when considered with psychodynamic factors, may broaden the understanding of childhood amnesia. It is argued that psychoanalytic theory and technique can benefit from the research and methods of cognitive psychology

Amnesia · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Conceptualization · Developmental psychology · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Child and Animal Learning Development · Educational and Psychological Assessments · Philosophy · Psychology · Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes