PSY 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Concept Map, Amygdala, Childhood Amnesia
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The beginnings of memory are laid down in the first few months of life and infant can remember things for days or even weeks. Study by rovee-collier had babies kick to get a mobile to make noise. The study showed that events could be remembered but that over time forgotten and that a cue can help baby recall that forgotten memory. In older infants, memory improves rapidly steady growth in first 18months of life. Research says toddlers can remember more and for longer amounts of time than infants. Some even say children have more autobiographical memory than many believe. Growth in memory capability is due to growth in brain region that supports memory. Structures that are responsible for storing information (hippocampus and amygdala) develop by. 6 months but the structures for retrieving these memories (frontal cortex) don"t develop until the. As these structures grow in the first years we see a increase in memory i children as well.
