Recalling yesterday and predicting tomorrow


Autoria(s): Busby, Jane; Suddendorf, Thomas
Contribuinte(s)

Peter Bryant

Data(s)

01/07/2005

Resumo

Three-, 4- and 5-year-old children were asked to report something that they did do yesterday and something that they were going to do tomorrow. They were also asked to recall events that had not occurred yesterday, and predict events that would not occur tomorrow. In two studies these simple questions revealed striking age differences in the ability to report personal events from the past and the future. Only a minority of 3-year-olds but a majority of the older children were able to appropriately answer these questions. These findings substantiate the proposal that the ability to recall past events and the ability to predict future events (i.e., mental time travel), emerge in tandem between the ages of 3 and 5 years. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Identificador

http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:78485

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Elsevier

Palavras-Chave #Psychology, Developmental #Psychology, Experimental #Episodic Memory #Anticipation #Amnesia #Mental Time Travel #Mental Time-travel #Autonoetic Consciousness #Childhood Amnesia #Childrens Memory #Future #Remember #Mind #Suggestibility #Preschoolers #C1 #389999 Other Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences #780108 Behavioural and cognitive sciences #17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Tipo

Journal Article