Traces the development from infancy through adulthood in the capacity to form, retain, and retrieve autobiographical or personal memories. This book is intended for scholars and researchers in the fields of cognitive psychology, memory, infancy, and human development.

The purpose of "Remembering the Times of Our Lives: Memory in Infancy and Beyond" is to trace the development from infancy through adulthood in the capacity to form, retain, and later retrieve autobiographical or personal memories. It is appropriate for scholars and researchers in the fields of cognitive psychology, memory, infancy, and human development.

Part I: Autobiographical Memory and Its Significance. Remembering the Times of Our Lives. Autobiographical Memory in Adults. Infantile or Childhood Amnesia. Part II: Memory in Infancy and Very Early Childhood. Explicit Memory in the First Years of Life. The Neural Bases of Explicit Memory in Adults. Development of the Neural Substrate for Explicit Memory. Part III: Autobiographical Memory in Childhood. Event and Autobiographical Memory in the Preschool Years. "What Develops" in Preschoolers' Recall of Specific Past Events? The Context of Autobiographical Memory Development. Part IV: The "Fates" of Early Memories. Crossing the Great Divides of Childhood Amnesia. The Shifting Balance of Remembering and Forgetting.