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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Neuroscience

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  • Information related to oneself is better remembered, a phenomenon known as the self-reference effect (SRE).
  • The developmental trajectory of the SRE, particularly in recollection and source memory, remains incompletely understood across childhood and young adulthood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the developmental changes in the self-reference effect (SRE) concerning detailed recollection and source memory.
  • To determine how the SRE evolves from mid-childhood through to young adulthood.

Main Methods:

  • 136 participants aged 7 to 30 years viewed objects presented with either self-referential or semantic questions.
  • A recognition test assessed memory for objects and associated source details (question type and background image).

Main Results:

  • The self-reference effect (SRE) demonstrated a significant positive correlation with age for detailed recollection (r = .189).
  • The SRE was observed to extend to inherent source memory (question type) but not to familiarity or peripheral source memory (background image).

Conclusions:

  • Self-referencing enhances memory encoding, leading to richer memory representations in children.
  • The capacity for self-referential memory processing continues to develop and mature into young adulthood.