title: The eyes know time: a novel paradigm to reveal the development of temporal memory.
abstract: Temporal memory in 7-year-olds, 10-year-olds, and young adults (N = 78) was examined introducing a novel eye-movement paradigm. Participants learned object sequences and were tested under three conditions: temporal order, temporal context, and recognition. Age-related improvements in accuracy were found across conditions; accuracy in the temporal conditions was correlated with conventional time knowledge. Eye movements tracked the veridicality of temporal order memory in adults and 10-year-olds seconds before providing memory judgments, suggesting that these movements reflect implicit access to temporal information. Seven-year-olds overall did not show this eye-movement effect, but those who did were more accurate than those who did not. Results suggest that eye movements capture aspects of temporal memory development that precede overt decision processes-with implications for hippocampal development.
authors: University of California, Davis.
authors: Thanujeni
authors: T
authors: Pathman
authors: Simona
authors: S
authors: Ghetti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061212:Memory, Episodic; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011930:Reaction Time; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D055815:Young Adult