“Memory development in children: implications for children a

Summary First on page one, under the section “Memory Development,” the article opens with defining the processes of normal memory. Next the article explains where in the brain memory takes place. Under the section, “Infancy,” the article talks about memory development in babies. Recollection is started as early as six or seven months, though baby memories disappear because of “infantile amnesia.” Information is stored for 30 seconds or so in short term memory and must be …showed first 75 words of 640 total…

…showed last 75 words of 640 total…development. Lastly, the book talks about information-processing theories. This whole paper is about how memories can be used. Critique This article was very interesting. The findings of some of the research sort of go back and forth, so it is hard to know what to believe. Also, the article, in some instances, could have gone into more detail on who was involved in the experiment, so that we will know that it is not biased.