Mechanisms of change: Exploring not only when and what, but how declaritive memory develops.

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2006Author
Richmond, J.
DeBoer, T.
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Richmond, J., & DeBoer T. Mechanisms of change: Exploring not only when and what, but how declaritive memory develops. Infant and Child Development, 15, 207-210.
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Age-related changes in representational flexibility are a characteristic
feature of declarative memory development. The authors
suggest that a qualitative shift in the nature of infants’ memory
representations accounts for increasing memory flexibility with
age. We will argue that a comprehensive theory of declarative
memory development must (1) account for the effect of experience
on flexibility, (2) be empirically separable from more parsimonious
explanations, and (3) propose a mechanism by which the
transition takes place. We will argue that a converging-methods
approach is necessary to understand not only when and what
develops in declarative memory, but also how developmental
change occurs.