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Developmental Differences in Memory During Early Childhood: Insights From Event‐Related Potentials
Author(s) -
Riggins Tracy,
Rollins Leslie
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/cdev.12351
Subject(s) - psychology , recall , developmental psychology , late childhood , early childhood , stimulus (psychology) , child development , memory development , cognition , cognitive development , cognitive psychology , neuroscience
Age‐related differences in behavioral and electrophysiological indices of memory were examined in 3‐ to 6‐year‐old children ( N = 76). Behaviorally, no differences were observed in children's ability to identify old items; however, 3‐year‐old children were less accurate in correctly rejecting new items, and 3‐ and 4‐year‐old children recalled fewer contextual details compared to 5‐ and 6‐year‐old children. Age‐related differences in electrophysiological measures (800–1,000 ms after stimulus onset) were observed both to items recalled with contextual details, which increased between 3 and 4 years, and items recalled without contextual details, which were greatest in 5‐year‐old children, even after adjusting for global age‐related differences. These findings, interpreted within a dual‐process framework, may suggest changes in both recollection and familiarity processes during early childhood.