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The Development of Memory

Author(s) -

Gathercole Susan E.

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

journal of child psychology and psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652

H-Index - 211

eISSN - 1469-7610

pISSN - 0021-9630

DOI - 10.1111/1469-7610.00301

Subject(s) - psychology , childhood memory , memory development , autobiographical memory , metamemory , reconstructive memory , episodic memory , cognitive psychology , memory errors , developmental psychology , long term memory , eyewitness memory , late childhood , cognition , cognitive development , recall , metacognition , neuroscience

This article reviews recent advances in understanding the changes in memory function that take place during the childhood years. Development of the following aspects of memory are considered: short‐term memory, comprising phonological memory, visuospatial memory, and executive function; autobiographical memory; episodic memory, including eyewitness memory; and metamemory. Each of these aspects of memory function shows substantial qualitative change from infancy, through the preschool period, to the early school years. Beyond about 7 years of age, however, memory function appears adult‐like in organisation and strategies, and shows only a gradual quantitative improvement through to early adolescence.

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