title: Developments in long-term explicit memory late in the first year of life: behavioral and electrophysiological indices.
abstract: Coincident with developments in the temporal-cortical explicit memory network, long-term recall abilities are newly emergent late in the first year of human life. We recorded event-related potentials (ERPs) in 9-month-olds as an index of the integrity of the neural substrate underlying a task thought to reflect explicit memory, namely, deferred imitation. ERP measures of recognition memory 1 week after unique laboratory experiences predicted whether and how much infants recalled of the experiences 1 month later. The findings further imply that memory storage and consolidation processes are a major source of variability in long-term recall memory late in the first year of life.
authors: Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA. pbauer@umn.edu
authors: Patricia J
authors: PJ
authors: Bauer
authors: Sandra A
authors: SA
authors: Wiebe
authors: Leslie J
authors: LJ
authors: Carver
authors: Jennie M
authors: JM
authors: Waters
authors: Charles A
authors: CA
authors: Nelson
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D011939:Mental Recall; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors