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  • Title: The use of autobiographical knowledge in age estimation.
    Author: Arbuthnott KD, Brown AA.
    Journal: Memory; 2009 Apr; 17(3):279-87. PubMed ID: 19132605.
    Abstract:
    Event dates are not directly associated with memories, so the processes by which we maintain a sense of time and sequence in our autobiographical memories is of considerable interest. The present study examined participants' reported age estimation strategies for childhood memories retrieved using a Galton-Crovitz cueing technique. The results indicate that all three categories of autobiographical knowledge in Conway and Pleydell-Pearce's (2000) self-memory system model-lifetime periods, general events, and event-specific details-support temporal inferences. However, participants most frequently used lifetime period knowledge to provide an initial age range, and event-specific knowledge was used to confirm or narrow the range of their estimated age.
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