They wanted to see if the participants memory of remembering childhood events was accurate.

That's all it was, and the association with a childhood event purely accidental.

In the second write in those childhood events or aspects of relationships which have most significantly influenced and perhaps continue to influence your present experience.

In their experiment they gave 24 participants four short narratives describing childhood events, all supposedly provided by family members.

That childhood event had occurred before Colin's violent death.

Even the advice the experts give to help prompt and retain childhood events seems troublesome.

McMoneagle claims he had a remarkable memory of very early childhood events.

In a recent study, 43% of subjects remembered a childhood event that they never actually experienced.

"I cannot think of a single, seminal childhood event," says Ethan.

Adults who had insensitive mothers during infancy were found to not be able to remember specific childhood events or their importance.