儿童早期记忆泛化与细节记忆的发展

A hallmark of the mature human memory system is the ability to extract commonalities across experiences while preserving details that distinguish individual events. Although research suggests that memory generalization emerges earlier than memory specificity, their developmental trajectories and interrelations remain poorly understood. Here, we examined the development of generalization and multiple aspects of memory specificity in children aged 4 to 8 years, assessed at two timepoints one year apart (N (TP1) = 170; N (TP2) = 119). We found that generalization improved more rapidly than memory