TY - JOUR
T1 - Developmental Changes in the Time-Dependent Nature of Memory Retrieval
AU - Boller, Kimberly
AU - Rovee-Collier, Carolyn
AU - Borovsky, Dianne
AU - O'Connor, Julia
AU - Shyi, Gary
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1990/9
Y1 - 1990/9
N2 - Six-month-old infants trained in an operant conditioning procedure were allowed to forget the contingency and were presented with a reminder in a memory-reactivation paradigm. The time course of memory retrieval after the reminder, the relation between the forgetting functions of the newly acquired and the reactivated memory, and the potential contribution of the context to retention after long delays were investigated. Memory retrieval was found to be a time-locked process at 6 months, as at 3 months. Although retrieval was more rapid at the older age, the reactivated memory was more transient than the newly acquired memory at 6 months and remained accessible for a briefer period than at 3 months. A distinctive context was requisite for memory reactivation at 6 months but did not insure it. These studies reveal that the temporal parameters of memory processing change with age.
AB - Six-month-old infants trained in an operant conditioning procedure were allowed to forget the contingency and were presented with a reminder in a memory-reactivation paradigm. The time course of memory retrieval after the reminder, the relation between the forgetting functions of the newly acquired and the reactivated memory, and the potential contribution of the context to retention after long delays were investigated. Memory retrieval was found to be a time-locked process at 6 months, as at 3 months. Although retrieval was more rapid at the older age, the reactivated memory was more transient than the newly acquired memory at 6 months and remained accessible for a briefer period than at 3 months. A distinctive context was requisite for memory reactivation at 6 months but did not insure it. These studies reveal that the temporal parameters of memory processing change with age.
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U2 - 10.1037/0012-1649.26.5.770
DO - 10.1037/0012-1649.26.5.770
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000415544
SN - 0012-1649
VL - 26
SP - 770
EP - 779
JO - Developmental psychology
JF - Developmental psychology
IS - 5
ER -