Earliest recollections of childhood: a demographic analysis☆
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This research was supported by a grant from the Barbara R. Ditmars Bequest, Harvard University. I would like to express my gratitude to Sheldon White and David Pillemer for their comments on previous drafts of the manuscript. I would also like to thank Haerim Kim, Jasook Koo and Jungsook Han for collecting and translating the data in Study 4.
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Present address: Department of Psychology, Bronfman Science Center, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, USA.
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