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Development of Temporal‐Reconstructive Abilities
Author(s) -
Friedman William J.,
Lyon Thomas D.
Publication year - 2005
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/j.1467-8624.2005.00844.x-i1
Subject(s) - psychology , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , child development , late childhood , cognitive development , cognition , neuroscience
In a study of the ability to reconstruct the times of past events, 86 children from 4 to 13 years recalled the times of 2 in‐class demonstrations that had occurred 3 months earlier and judged the times of hypothetical events. Many of the abilities needed to reconstruct the times of events were present by 6 years, including the capacity to interpret many temporally relevant cues, but there were substantial changes well into middle childhood in the availability of temporally useful episodic information. Children were poor at remembering the events' proximity or order with respect to a major holiday, but the order of the 2 target events was well recalled by 6 years.