Differences in Episodic Memory Between Four- And Five-Year-Olds

False Information Versus Real Experiences

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ID13656180
AuthorsIzumi Uehara (0009-0006-6444-9300, The University of Tokyo, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume86
Issue3
Pages745-745
Publication date2000-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.86.3.745-755
PMID10876322
OpenAlexW4236345793
LanguageEN
References cited13

It is assumed that personal episodes from any age less than about four years can rarely be recalled (infantile amnesia) because episodic memory is not well developed until this age. To investigate this, experiments were conducted with 30 4- and 30 5-yr.-olds. Experiments first examined whether the children could report parent-child games in a sports festival two days after the festival. The results indicated that 4-yr.-olds could not report the episodic contents of the games properly even though they reported the results of the ball matches as well as the 5-yr.-olds. Seven days after that report, the subject was told twice by the experimenter about realistic or unrealistic events as if these were their own experiences. The subject was again required to report the events seven days after receiving information. The results showed that 4-yr.-olds tended to mistake the information provided by the experimenter for their own real experiences. These results indicate that there may be a critical difference of episodic memory between 4- and 5-yr.-olds. Episodic memory was not well developed yet in 4-yr.-olds

Amnesia · Autobiographical memory · Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Episodic memory · Mistake · Recall · Child and Animal Learning Development · Memory and Neural Mechanisms · Memory Processes and Influences · Psychology

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