title: The development of memory.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bristol, U.K. Sue.Gathercole@bristol.ac.uk
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Gathercole
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory