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Peer reviewedLoftus, Elizabeth F.; Davies, Graham M. – Journal of Social Issues, 1984
Reviews research on children's ability to remember events in relation to that of adults. Concludes that age interacts with other factors, including language and the relative development of knowledge structures, to determine suggestibility. Suggests that children's memories may at times be less easily influenced than adults' memories. (KH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Ability
Peer reviewedWright, Daniel B.; Loftus, Elizabeth F. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1998
Notes that a multitude of studies have demonstrated that misleading postevent information affects people's memories. Contents that the fuzzy-trace theory is a positive step toward understanding the malleability of memory. Discusses fuzzy-trace theory in terms of three primary areas of study: altered response format, maximized misinformation…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Evaluative Thinking, Mathematical Models
