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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Memory. 2015 Nov 13;24(10):1345–1368. doi: 10.1080/09658211.2015.1110595

Table 8.

Mean Proportion (SD) of Memories Coded as Not-recalled Because the Reports Featured Insufficient Information, only General Information, or Information about a Different Event at Each Delay for Each Age Group

Age Group (Age at Initial Assessment)
4-year-olds 6-year-olds 8-year-olds Adults
(Number of memories coded as not-recalled)
1-year delay (N = 22) (N = 17) (N = 7) (N = 3)
Insufficient info. .36 (.43) .26 (.44) .43 (.53) 0
General info. .41 (.47) .44 (.46) .43 (.53) 1.00
Different event .22 (.37) .29 (.44) .14 (.38) 0

2-year delay (N = 26) (N = 23) (N = 15) (N = 22)
Insufficient info. .46 (.45) .45 (.45) .41 (.48) .27 (.43)
General info. .38 (.45) .39 (.40) .17 (.31) .32 (.43)
Different event .16 (.30) .16 (.33) .42 (.42) .41 (.45)

3-year delay (N = 36) (N = 25) (N = 23) (N = 22)
Insufficient info. .73 (.35) .55 (.41) .23 (.36) .39 (.46)
General info. .22 (.30) .31 (.38) .41 (.47) .20 (.32)
Different event .05 (.14) .14 (.31) .36 (.46) .42 (.45)