Ability to remember memories' origin not fully developed in youths
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 03:00
in Psychology & Sociology
During childhood and adolescence, children develop the ability to remember not only past events but the origin of those memories. For example, someone may remember meeting a particular person and the context in which he or she met that person. New research from Germany has found that the ability to remember the origin of memories is a relatively long process that matures during adolescence but isn't fully developed until adulthood.