The distribution of early childhood memories

The quantitative distribution of autobiographical memories for the first de cade of life is described. The distribution, based on over 11,000 autobiogr aphical memories from age 10 and younger from published studies, is nearly identical for males and females, for participants of different ages, and fo r different methods of collecting data, including using words to cue memori es from anywhere in the lifespan or from just the childhood years, exhausti ve listing of all early memories, and interviews.