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The Development of Memory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1998

Susan E. Gathercole
Susan E. Gathercole
Affiliation:
Centre for the Study of Memory and Learning, University of Bristol, U.K.
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Abstract

This article reviews recent advances in understanding the changes in memory function that take place during the childhood years. Development of the following aspects of memory are considered: short-term memory, comprising phonological memory, visuospatial memory, and executive function; autobiographical memory; episodic memory, including eyewitness memory; and metamemory. Each of these aspects of memory function shows substantial qualitative change from infancy, through the preschool period, to the early school years. Beyond about 7 years of age, however, memory function appears adult-like in organisation and strategies, and shows only a gradual quantitative improvement through to early adolescence.

Keywords

Memoryshort-term memorylong-term memoryautobiographical memoryepisodic memoryeyewitness testimony
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , January 1998 , pp. 3 - 27
Copyright
© 1998 Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry

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