Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.
Child Dev. 2011 Jul-Aug;82(4):1092-105. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01597.x. Epub 2011 May 11.
Although infantile amnesia has been investigated for many years in adults, only recently has it been investigated in children. This study was a 2-year follow-up and extension of an earlier study. Children (4-13 years old) were asked initially and 2 years later for their earliest 3 memories. At follow-up, their age at the time of these memories shifted to several months later, with younger children unlikely to provide the same memories. Moreover, when given cues about memories recalled 2 years previously, many were still not recalled. In contrast, older children were more likely to recall the same memories, and cues to former memories were successful. Thus, older children were becoming consistent in terms of recalling very early memories.
虽然婴幼儿期遗忘现象在成人中已经被研究了多年，但直到最近才在儿童中进行研究。本研究是对早期研究的 2 年随访和扩展。最初和 2 年后，研究人员询问儿童（4-13 岁）他们最早的 3 个记忆。在随访时，这些记忆的时间被转移到几个月后，年幼的孩子不太可能提供相同的记忆。此外，当提供关于 2 年前回忆的记忆线索时，许多记忆仍然没有被回忆起来。相比之下，年龄较大的孩子更有可能回忆起相同的记忆，并且回忆前记忆的线索是成功的。因此，年龄较大的孩子在回忆非常早期的记忆方面变得更加一致。
