Memory is intimately involved with higher cognitive functions such as decision making and problem solving. It is front and center even in the most basic workings of the human mind. These multiple connections make memory a more diversified entity than we once thought it to be. But how does this all evolve in the individual, and over how long a time?

Memory Development from Early Childhood Through Emerging Adulthood reviews current insights into ongoing and newer areas of developmental memory studies as well as innovations in testing, experimental design, and modeling. Chapters focus on pre-verbal and verbal memory, visuospatial memory, encoding and retrieval strategies, metamemory, and other core elements, locating their emergence from early infancy through emerging adulthood. The book's range of theories and findings carries considerable implications for study areas as varied as brain-behavior connections, children's learning styles, and the effects of early experiences on the developing psyche.

Key topics addressed include:

The development of implicit memory
Memory development during the infant and toddler years
The development of event and autobiographical memory in childhood and adolescence
The role of basic memory capacity and working memory
Effects of the knowledge base on memory development
The development of metamemory
Memory Development from Early Childhood Through Emerging Adulthood is an essential resource for researchers, graduate students, and clinicians/scientist-practitioners in developmental and cognitive psychology as well as related mental and educational disciplines.

Autorentext

Wolfgang Schneider is currently Professor of Psychology at the Department of Psychology, University of Würzburg, Germany. He received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Heidelberg in 1979. His research interests include the development of memory and metacognition, giftedness and expertise, the development of reading and spelling as well as the prevention of reading and math difficulties. He was Vice President and President of the German Psychological Society (2000-2004) and also Vice President of the University of Würzburg (2004-2009). He is author and (co-) editor of about 40 books, including the volume co-authored with Michael Pressley on Memory Development between Two and Twenty and (co-) authored about 350 journal articles and book chapters. Professor Schneider is currently President of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD).

Zusammenfassung
Based on decades of established research findings in cognitive and developmental psychology, this volume explores and integrates the leading scientific advances into infancy and brain-memory linkages as well as autobiographical and strategic memory. In addition, given that the predominantly classic research on memory development has recently been complemented by more cutting-edge applied research (e.g., eyewitness memory, memory development in educational contexts) in recent years, this volume also provides in-depth and up-to-date coverage of these emerging areas of study.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. A brief history of memory development research.- Chapter 3. The development of implicit memory.- Chapter 4. Memory development during the infant and toddler years.- Chapter 5. The development of event and autobiographical memory in childhood and adolescence.- Chapter 6. Basic memory capacities and mechanisms.- Chapter 7. The development of strategic memory.- Chapter 8. Memory and knowledge development.- Chapter 9. The impact of culture and educational context on memory development.- Chapter 10. Memory development from behavioral, neuropsychological, and evolutionary perspectives: A comparison of different explanatory models.