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Examining Recall Memory in Infancy and Early Childhood Using the Elicited Imitation Paradigm
Published on: April 28, 2016
Infantile Amnesia can be Operationalized as a Psychological Meta Norm in the Development of Memory
Bozhidara Stoencheva1, Kristina Stoyanova2,3, Drozdstoy Stoyanov2,3,4
1Medical University of Plovdiv, 4002 Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Abstract:
This paper offers a syncretic synthesis of the highlights of the scientific knowledge accumulated to date on the mechanisms of infantile amnesia (IA). IA can be conceptualized as a meta-norm of memory development. The review shows that the neurobiological and neuropsychological evidence for IA converges within a common metacognitive framework of inquiry. The involvement of consciousness in the conditioning of memory traces and the association between infantile knowledge and implicit memory allow IA to be analyzed as a phenomenon with complex, universal neuropsychic regulation of a higher order. This approach overcomes the paradox of understanding IA.
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