Reminiscence and hypermnesia in children's eyewitness memory.
Three experiments examined reminiscence and hypermnesia in 5- and 6-year-olds' memory for an event across repeated interviews that occurred either immediately afterward (Experiment 1) or after a 6-month delay (Experiments 2 and 3). Reminiscence (recall of new information) was reliably obtained in all of the experiments, although the numbers of new items recalled were fewer after a delay than when the interviews occurred immediately afterward. Hypermnesia (increasing total recall over repeated recall attempts) was obtained only in Experiment 1 when interviews occurred immediately and 24 h after the event.
La Rooy
David
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Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. larooyd@mail.nih.gov
Pipe
Margaret-Ellen
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Murray
Janice E
JE
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D010507:Periodicity; D012094:Repression, Psychology; D013997:Time Factors