记忆重叠在青少年和成人中以不同的方式塑造一般记忆和特定记忆

Over time we accumulate many interrelated memories which we draw upon to remember both generalities and specifics of our experience. While both aspects of memory improve through childhood, their maturation into adolescence remains poorly understood. Here, we compared how 39 adolescents (12-13 years old) and 36 adults managed differing levels of relatedness (“overlap”) among learned associations to remember shared (general) and unique (specific) features. Across age groups, greater overlap boosted memory for shared features but hindered memory for specifics. However, adolescents showed a reduce