University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Child Dev. 2012 Jan-Feb;83(1):159-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01699.x. Epub 2011 Dec 21.
This report describes the first prospective study specifically designed to assess children's verbal memory for a unique event 6 years after it occurred. Forty-six 27- to 51-month-old children took part in a unique event and were interviewed about it twice, after 24-hr and 6-year delays. During the 6-year interview, 9 children verbally recalled the event, including 2 who were under 3 years old when the event occurred. This may be the most convincing evidence to date that such early experiences can be verbally recalled after long delays. These data have important implications for current theories of memory development and childhood amnesia and underscore some of the problems associated with evaluating the veracity of early memories under less controlled conditions.
本报告描述了第一项专门设计的前瞻性研究，旨在评估儿童在独特事件发生 6 年后对该事件的言语记忆。46 名 27 至 51 个月大的儿童参加了一次独特的活动，并在 24 小时和 6 年的延迟后两次接受了关于该活动的访谈。在 6 年的访谈中，9 名儿童口头回忆了该事件，其中包括 2 名在事件发生时年龄不到 3 岁的儿童。这可能是迄今为止最令人信服的证据，证明即使经过长时间的延迟，这种早期经历也可以用言语回忆起来。这些数据对当前的记忆发展理论和儿童健忘症具有重要意义，并强调了在不太受控的条件下评估早期记忆真实性时所涉及的一些问题。
