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Knowledge and judgments about events that occurred prior to birth: The measurement of the persistence of information
Abstract
Data from five laboratories using five different techniques were reanalyzed to measure
subjects' knowledge of events that occurred over the past 70 years. Subjects were
about 20 years of age, so the measures included events that extended up to 50 years
before birth. The functions relating knowledge about the events to age do not decrease
precipitously at birth but gradually drop to above-chance levels. Techniques usually
used to study retention within the individual can be used to study the persistence
of ideas and fashions within an age cohort in a culture.
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David C. Rubin
Juanita M. Kreps Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
For .pdfs of all publications click here My main research interest has been in long-term
memory, especially for complex (or "real-world") stimuli. This work includes the study
of autobiographical memory and oral traditions, as w
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