| ECM are impersonal, “screen” mnesic products, acquired by means of third parties. They can hide valuable information about important repressed events. Screen memory may contribute to counterfeiting memory in order to help repression and replacing upsetting or unpleasant experiences. Feeling expression method revealed by early childhood memories seems to be aligned to the real sense of memory and not necessarily to that verbal or figurative content. Early memories are an integrant part of self-identity.Chronologic/ autobiographical memories are developed during early childhood partly under the influence of linguistic abilities, self-awareness, social and cultural interactions and it is not complete until teenage years, when the narrative function is acquired.Birth order is correlated with the age of the oldest/ earliest memory. The first-born children have earlier memories than subsequent children. Qualitative recall of early memory is conditioned by the perceptive sensorial characteristics, as well as by the intensity of the feelings.It was noted a propensity towards recalling painful/ negative early memories. Female participants appear to more clearly recall the events incurred before the age of 4,5 as compared to male participants. |
