Developmental neuroscience of memory: research status and future prospect

Abstract

<p indent=0mm>Memory is crucial for the acquisition of the tremendous amount of knowledge and skills and thus it is the basis of human survival and development. Then, how do learning and memory performance and neural mechanisms change with age? Around the core issue, this article first summarized the research results in recent years, especially those about some important memory subsystems such as working memory and long-term memory (including explicit and implicit memory). Then we revealed the research status in the field of developmental neuroscience of memory and predicted the future direction. On the basis of the work mentioned above, we put forward following suggestions to promote research work in China: (i) making further studies on the neural mechanisms of learning and memory and solving critical problems in this field; (ii) strengthening research on brain mechanisms of learning and memory of children and the elderly; (iii) paying attention to longitudinal studies; (iv) establishing more comprehensive brain-behavior models; (v) strengthening applied studies.