Wiley Handbook on the Development of Children's Memory

Patricia Bauer is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Psychology at Emory University.  She heads the Memory at Emory Laboratory, and is the author of several books & many journal articles. Her volume Remembering the Times of Our Lives: Memory in Infancy & Beyond (2007) was voted book of the year by the Cognitive Development Society.Robyn Fivush is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Psychology at Emory University.  She directs the Family Narratives Laboratory at Emory, and, in addition to many journal articles, she has authored and edited nine books, including Autobiographical Memory and the Construction of a Narrative Self (2004).

“Academic libraries catering for courses in psychology or child development should definitely consider this excellent handbook for acquisition, and should also be considering how much of their older stock on child psychology needs updating.”  (Reference Reviews, 1 October 2014)

• Contributors viiPreface xiPatricia J. Bauer and Robyn Fivush1 The Development of Memory: Multiple Levels and Perspectives 1Patricia J. Bauer and Robyn FivushSection I History, Theories, and Methods of the Development of Memory 15Robyn Fivush2 The History of Memory Development Research: Remembering Our Roots 19Patricia H. Miller3 The Coaction of Theory and Methods in the Study of the Development of Memory 41Lynne Baker-Ward and Peter A. Ornstein4 The Development of Memory from a Piagetian Perspective 65Lynn S. Liben and Caitlin R. Bowman5 Sociocultural Theories of Memory Development 87Katherine Nelson6 The Development of Memory from a Neurocognitive andComparative Perspective 109Jocelyne Bachevalier7 Memory Development in Evolutionary Perspective 126David F. Bjorklund and Patrick Douglas Sellers IISection II Mnemonic Processes 151Patricia J. Bauer8 Short-term Memory in Infancy 157Lisa M. Oakes and Steven J. Luck9 Methodological Challenges in the Study of Short-term WorkingMemory in Infants 181J. Steven Reznick10 Short-term and Working Memory in Childhood 202Nelson Cowan11 Long-term Memory in Infancy and Early Childhood 230Angela F. Lukowski and Patricia J. Bauer12 Extending the Life of a Memory: Effects of Reminders on Children’sLong-term Event Memory 255Judith A. Hudson and Azriel Grysman13 Binding Together the Elements of Episodes: Relational Memory and theDevelopmental Trajectory of the Hippocampus 285Ingrid R. Olson and Nora S. Newcombe14 The Development of Recollection and Familiarity during Childhood:Insight from Studies of Behavior and Brain 309Simona Ghetti and Joshua K. Lee15 Implicit Memory 336Marianne E. Lloyd and Jeremy K. MillerSection III Mnemonic Contents 361Patricia J. Bauer16 Remembering Where: The Origins and Early Development of Spatial Memory 367Stella F. Lourenco and Andrea Frick17 The Development of Memory for the Times of Past Events 394William J. Friedman18 Locating Events in Personal Time: Time in Autobiography 408Thanujeni Pathman and Peggy L. St. Jacques19 Children’s Memory for Source 427Mary Ann Foley20 From Specificity to Flexibility: Early Developmental Changes inMemory Generalization 453Rachel Barr and Natalie Brito21 Dual Processes in Memory Development: Fuzzy-Trace Theory 480Charles J. Brainerd and Valerie F. Reyna