Developmental changes in the engagement of episodic retrieval processes and their relationship with working memory during the period of middle childhood
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We examined the development of children's engagement of the episodic retrieval processes of recollection and familiarity and their relationship with working memory (WM). Ninety‐six children (24 in four groups aged 8, 9, 10, and 11 years) and 24 adults performed an episodic memory (EM) task involving old/new, remember/know (R/K), and source memory judgements and numerous WM tasks that assessed verbal and spatial components of WM and delayed short‐term memory (STM). Developmental changes were observed in EM with younger children (8‐, 9‐, 10‐year‐olds) making fewer remember responses than 11‐year‐olds and adults while 11‐year‐olds did not differ from adults. Only children aged 10 years plus showed a relationship between EM and WM. EM was related to verbal executive WM in 10‐ and 11‐year‐old children suggesting that children at this stage use verbal strategies to aid EM. In contrast, EM was related to spatial executive WM in adults. The engagement of episodic retrieval processes appears to be selectively related to executive components of verbal and spatial WM, the pattern of which differs in children and adults.
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Children at the age of 10-12 appear to have recall abilities compared to adults.
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- Authors
- Rhodes, S. M., Murphy, D., & Hancock, P. J. B.
- Affiliations
- University of Strathclyde (GB)
- University of Stirling (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Rhodes, Sinéad M.
- Venue
- British Journal of Developmental Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2011-01-06
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 865-882
- ISSN
- 0261-510X (ISSN-L)
- 2044-835X
- OpenAlex
- W2168350673
- Cited by
- 23
- References
- 54
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 4
- FWCI
- 1.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- British Journal of Developmental Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Strathprints: The University of Strathclyde institutional repository (University of Strathclyde) (submittedVersion)
- Stirling Online Research Repository (University of Stirling) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
- Funders
- Economic and Social Research Council (ES/F030401/1)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Keywords
- episodic memory, episodic memory retrieval, recollection, familiarity, working memory, middle childhood, developmental changes, executive function, verbal working memory, spatial working memory, source memory, remember-know judgments, old/new recognition, short-term memory, children
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Age Factors, Analysis of Variance, Child, Child Development, Female, Humans, Judgment, Male, Memory, Short-Term, Task Performance and Analysis, Verbal Learning, Recognition, Psychology, Memory, Episodic
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