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Published on: August 26, 2011
The use of autobiographical knowledge in age estimation
Katherine D Arbuthnott1, Aaron A Brown
1Campion College, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. katherine.arbuthnott@uregina.ca
Abstract:
Event dates are not directly associated with memories, so the processes by which we maintain a sense of time and sequence in our autobiographical memories is of considerable interest. The present study examined participants' reported age estimation strategies for childhood memories retrieved using a Galton-Crovitz cueing technique. The results indicate that all three categories of autobiographical knowledge in Conway and Pleydell-Pearce's (2000) self-memory system model-lifetime periods, general events, and event-specific details-support temporal inferences. However, participants most frequently used lifetime period knowledge to provide an initial age range, and event-specific knowledge was used to confirm or narrow the range of their estimated age.
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