A memory phenomenon specific to a person's own personal history and lived experience, distinguishing autobiographical memory from memory for general facts or laboratory-studied material because its content is the rememberer's own life. This group gathers the autobiographical and childhood memory phenomena recorded for this atlas, covering documented patterns in how personal life events and childhood experiences are remembered, including limits on how far back personal memory reliably reaches.
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Originating WorkCaroline Miles, "A study of individual psychology" (1895) 1 Browse By
Autobiographical And Childhood Memory
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1. Wikipedia: Childhood amnesia
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Childhood amnesia was first formally reported by psychologist Caroline Miles in her 1895 American Journal of Psychology article "A study of individual psychology".
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