Table 1.
Average Age of Earliest Memory among Samples of Adults (Panel a) and Children (Panel b)
| Study | Age of earliest memory (years) | |
|---|---|---|
| Panel a: Adults | ||
| Miles (1893) | 3.04 | |
| Dudycha & Dudycha (1933) | 3.58 | |
| Waldfogel (1948) | 3.50 | |
| Kihlstrom & Harackiewicz (1982) | 3.24 | |
| West & Bauer (1999) | 3.33 | |
| Bauer & Larkina (2013) | 3.59 | |
| Bauer, Tasdemir-Ozdes, & Larkina (2014) | 3.24 | |
| Panel b: Children | Age (years) | Age of earliest memory (years) |
| Peterson et al. (2005) | 6–9 | 3.00 |
| Bauer et al. (2007) | 7–10 | 3.67 |
| Bauer & Larkina (2013) | 7–11 | 3.67 |
| Peterson et al. (2005) | 10–13 | 3.67 |
| Reese et al. (2010) | 14 | 3.50 |
| Peterson et al. (2005) | 14–16 | 3.75 |
| Peterson et al. (2005) | 17–19 | 3.50 |
Note: Child data are from Bauer, Burch, Scholin, and Güler (2007); Bauer and Larkina (2014b); Peterson, Grant, & Boland (2005); and Reese, Jack, and White (2010).