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- Title
Empirical Evidence Supporting Neural Contributions to Episodic Memory Development in Early Childhood: Implications for Childhood Amnesia.
- Authors
Riggins, Tracy; Canada, Kelsey L.; Botdorf, Morgan
- Abstract
Memories for events that happen early in life are fragile—they are forgotten more quickly than expected based on typical adult rates of forgetting. Although numerous factors contribute to this phenomenon, data show that one major source of change is the protracted development of neural structures related to memory. Recent empirical studies in early childhood reveal that the development of specific subdivisions of the hippocampus (i.e., the dentate gyrus) is related directly to variations in memory. Yet, the hippocampus is only one region within a larger network supporting memory. Data from young children have also shown that activation of cortical regions during memory tasks and the functional connectivity between the hippocampus and cortex relate to memory during this period. Taken together, these results suggest that protracted neural development of the hippocampus, cortex, and connections between these regions contribute to the fragility of memories early in life and may ultimately contribute to childhood amnesia.
- Subjects
AMNESIA; DENTATE gyrus; EPISODIC memory; NEURAL development; HIPPOCAMPUS development
- Publication
Child Development Perspectives, 2020, Vol 14, Issue 1, p41
- ISSN
1750-8592
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/cdep.12353