Memory concerning events and information related to one’s own life. Mirror-guided localization of a body mark does not by itself demonstrate this capacity.
Dating a past event as more recent than its actual date. In prospective childhood-memory work, the same reported event can acquire progressively later age estimates. Shifts relative to the first interview establish dating instability, not the absolute accuracy of that first estimate.[ref]
The fate of childhood memories by Qi Wang and Carole Peterson. Frontiers in Psychology 6, 2038; initial, two-year and eight-year memory dating interviews
Children experience a distinctive apparatus that appears to produce smaller versions of toys, and later receive verbal recall, recognition or reenactment tests. Measuring vocabulary at the original event helps separate retained content from what the child can later express verbally.[ref]
Breaking the barrier? Children fail to translate their preverbal memories into language by Gabrielle Simcock and Harlene Hayne. Psychological Science 13, 225–231; Magic Shrinking Machine, verbal and nonverbal tests
The relative scarcity of accessible autobiographical memories from the early years of life in later childhood and adulthood. It is not equivalent to inability to form memories during childhood. Encoding, retention, retrieval, verbal expression and dating can all affect the observed boundary. Prospectively following already documented early events can reveal loss of later access independently of adults’ retrospective dating.[ref]
The onset of childhood amnesia in childhood by Patricia J. Bauer and Marina Larkina. Memory 22, 907–924; age-three interviews and prospective follow-ups at ages five to nine
The particularly sparse later autobiographical access to events from infancy. Evidence for early conditioning or recognition challenges claims of global infant memory incapacity without necessarily removing this autobiographical phenomenon.
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