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. 2014 Feb;50(2):449-59.
doi: 10.1037/a0033622. Epub 2013 Jul 15.

Longitudinal investigation of source memory reveals different developmental trajectories for item memory and binding

Tracy Riggins  1
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Longitudinal investigation of source memory reveals different developmental trajectories for item memory and binding

Tracy Riggins. Dev Psychol. 2014 Feb.

Abstract

The present study used a cohort-sequential design to examine developmental changes in children's ability to bind items in memory during early and middle childhood. Three cohorts of children (aged 4, 6, or 8 years) were followed longitudinally for 3 years. Each year, children completed a source memory paradigm assessing memory for items and binding. Results suggest linear increases in memory for individual items (facts or sources) between 4 and 10 years of age but that memory for correct fact/source combinations (indicative of binding) showed accelerated rates of change between 5 and 7 years. Taken together, these results suggest differences exist in developmental trajectories between the development of memory processes underlying successful item memory and processes underlying binding. Implications of these findings are discussed in relation to longitudinal research examining autobiographical memory.

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Fact recall as a function of age and cohort.
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Fact total as a function of age and cohort.
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Source total as a function of age and cohort.
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Extra-experimental errors as a function of age and cohort.
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Intra-experimental errors as a function of age and cohort.
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Guessed/knew responses as a function of age and cohort.
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Source memory responses that were not conditionalized on item memory as a function of age and cohort.
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