Childhood Exile: Memories and Returns

Running head : FIRST CHILDHOOD MEMORIES 1 First Childhood Memories - Characteristics and Influences

The age of onset and the emotional valence of first childhood memories were examined in the main study. An additional sub study explored the possible influence of language, family composition and the fragmental and episodic qualities of childhood memories. Results showed the mean age to be 4.14 years, which is at the upper margin most studies have reported so far. The emotional valence particip...

In Exile

contains a new preface. The reviewer is compelled to admit that the preface of Lyra Modulata is beyond his range of appreciation and that he does not grasp the subtlety of the poet's " musaic spelling." The preface of In Exile though newly-written contains little new matter. It gives a somewhat incoherent account of the indifference shown by the world in general, and the English-speaking races ...

Predicting depression using earliest childhood memories.

In order to investigate the utility of earliest childhood memories (EMs) in clinical assessment, this study investigated the value of EMs in predicting naturally occurring depressive mood states. Of interest were those features of EMs that discriminate depressed from nondepressed individuals. Subjects were 212 undergraduate volunteers who completed the Beck Depression Inventory, the Profile of ...

The distribution of early childhood memories.

The quantitative distribution of autobiographical memories for the first decade of life is described. The distribution, based on over 11,000 autobiographical memories from age 10 and younger from published studies, is nearly identical for males and females, for participants of different ages, and for different methods of collecting data, including using words to cue memories from anywhere in th...

Childhood experience memories and anomie in adults and college students.