They had previously learned novel facts from different sources while watching the video. The result of the study showed that children’s ability to recall a novel fact and the source from whom it was learned improves during childhood, with the greatest improvement observed between 5 and 7 years of age (Riggins, 2014). Another study, which utilized the binding paradigms to assess episodic memory had similar results. 4 year olds, 6 year olds, and adults were shown pictures and then later tested on their memory of isolated and combined parts of the picture. 4-year-old children performed poorly when asked to recall combined aspects of the pictures they had previously viewed, however, 6-year-old children performed similarly to adults. Results from this experiment show that memory-binding processes significantly improves during early childhood, suggesting that the development of episodic memory occurs during this time period (Sluzenski, Newcombe, & Kovacs, 2006). As with autobiographical memory, episodic memory also drastically improves during
They had previously learned novel facts from different sources while watching the video. The result of the study showed that children’s ability to recall a novel fact and the source from whom it was learned improves during childhood, with the greatest improvement observed between 5 and 7 years of age (Riggins, 2014). Another study, which utilized the binding paradigms to assess episodic memory had similar results. 4 year olds, 6 year olds, and adults were shown pictures and then later tested on their memory of isolated and combined parts of the picture. 4-year-old children performed poorly when asked to recall combined aspects of the pictures they had previously viewed, however, 6-year-old children performed similarly to adults. Results from this experiment show that memory-binding processes significantly improves during early childhood, suggesting that the development of episodic memory occurs during this time period (Sluzenski, Newcombe, & Kovacs, 2006). As with autobiographical memory, episodic memory also drastically improves during