VERACITY AND DURABILITY OF EARLY MEMORIES

早期记忆的真实性和持久性

• 批准号: 2199313
• 负责人: STEPHEN J CECI
• 金额: $ 5.84万
• 依托单位: CORNELL UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-08-01 至 1994-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2199313
• 关键词: child psychology; cognition; diagnosis quality /standard; hearing; human subject; infant human (0-1 year); longitudinal human study; memory; olfactions; personality; preschool child (1-5); psychological tests; vision

DESCRIPTION: (Adapted from investigator's abstract) This research program proposes to examine the veracity and durability of memories encoded during the first three years after birth and tested over retention intervals up to two years later. The proposed study intends to provide an ecologically valid empirical test of memory for experiences occurring during this period. Infants from 6 to 36 months will be exposed to a puppet for a period of four weeks (5 min/day, 5 days/week). The puppet will have several built-in features designed to permit later tests of memory for auditory, olfactory, and visual characteristics: two mittens will be tailored to fit the puppet's hands, one (color A) attached permanently, and the other (color B) will be removable. The removable mitten will contain age-appropriate treats and these will be continually reinserted into the mitten for the child to discover every day during his or her 4-week familiarization period with the puppet. A mini recorder will be located within the puppet's head that plays an unfamiliar melody each time its nose is squeezed. Finally, the puppet will be fragranced with an unfamiliar, commercially unavailable scent. Beginning six months after the familiarization period one third of the trained sample of infants and toddlers at each age will be compared to a control group for their recollections of the puppet. The remaining two thirds of the sample will be tested either 12 or 24 months later. This testing will follow a cohort sequential design that is described below.

描述：（改编自研究者摘要）本研究项目 建议检查记忆编码的真实性和持久性， 出生后的前三年，并在保留时间间隔内进行测试， 两年后。 这项研究旨在提供一个生态 有效的经验测试记忆的经验发生在这期间， 期 6至36个月的婴儿将接触木偶， 4周（5分钟/天，5天/周）。 木偶会有 几个内置的功能，旨在允许以后的内存测试， 听觉，嗅觉和视觉特征：将使用两个手套 一只手（颜色A）是永久固定的， 另一个（颜色B）将是可移除的。 可移动的手套将包含 年龄适当的对待，这些将不断重新插入到 让孩子在4周内每天都能发现 熟悉木偶的时间。 一个迷你录音机将位于 在木偶的头部，播放一个陌生的旋律，每次它的鼻子， 被挤压。 最后，木偶会被一种陌生的， 市场上买不到的香水 在熟悉情况期结束后六个月开始， 将每个年龄段经过训练的婴儿和幼儿样本与 控制组的人回忆起木偶。 其余两 三分之一的样本将在12个月或24个月后进行测试。 这 测试将遵循如下所述的队列顺序设计。