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Poole and White, 1991), age (Goodman and Reed, 1986), and suggestive questioning (Leichtman and Ceci, 1995; see Ceci and Bruck, 1993 and Saywitz and Goodman. 1995, for reviews). In these experimental studies, the typical procedure is that a child is exposed to a controlled event, often a play session, a

this limitation further, many recent experimental investigations have utilized naturally occurring stressful events. In studies of this type (e.g. Goodman et at, 1991, 1994; Merritt et at, 1994) a full record is made of a naturally occurring stressful event, such as a painful medical procedure, and the

and Ceci. S. J. (1995). The effects of stereotypes and suggestions on preschoolers' reports. Developmental Psychology, 31, 568-578. Merritt, K. A.. Ornstein. P. A. and Spiker, B. (1994). Children's memory for a salient medical procedure: Implications for testimony. Pediatrics, 94, 17-23. Neisser, U. (19

y, including of child sexual abuse (Goodman et al., 2003), and predict adults' sus- ceptibility to false suggestion (Howe & Knott, 2015; Qin, Ogle, & Goodman, 2008). There are factors, however, that guard against false childhood recollections (e.g., Pezdek, Finger, & Hodge, 1997). Relatively strong memo

y, 2005). Young children's ability to remember details of a medical event decreases over an initial 3-month period and becomes stable by 6 months (Ornstein et al., 2006). However, for children old enough to remember a stress- ful medical test, delays of months or years do not nec- essarily increase inac

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