An Electrophysiological Investigation of Source Memory Development in Early Childhood

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dc.contributor.authorRaj, Vinayaen
dc.contributor.committeechairBell, Martha Annen
dc.contributor.committeememberDeater-Deckard, Kirbyen
dc.contributor.committeememberKim, Kee Jeongen
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:36:30Zen
dc.date.adate2009-06-08en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:36:30Zen
dc.date.issued2009-04-30en
dc.date.rdate2012-04-12en
dc.date.sdate2009-05-12en
dc.description.abstractThe present study examined source memory development in a sample of 4 and 6 year children. Patterns of brain electrical (EEG) activity were examined in order to provide a neural basis for the role of prefrontal cortex functioning during source monitoring. Children were taught a series of novel facts from two difference sources (either an experimenter or puppet) and their memory for both item and source information was later tested. Results demonstrated that, after controlling for language, patterns of frontal brain activity predicted 6 year item recall performance, and trends toward significance were observed for temporal brain activity predicting 6 year source recall performance. No associations between frontal or temporal EEG activity and episodic memory judgments were observed among 4-year-old children. Future investigations should examine how source memory, and on a more general level contextual memory binding, influence the development of episodic memory in early childhood.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05122009-131737en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05122009-131737/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32658en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartRajThesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEarly Childhooden
dc.subjectEEGen
dc.subjectSource Memoryen
dc.subjectDevelopmental Cognitive Neuroscienceen
dc.titleAn Electrophysiological Investigation of Source Memory Development in Early Childhooden
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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