Is the Immediate Playback of Events Changing Children’s Memories?

What would have happened if I let my daughter watch the video right after her experience? “A half-hour after the show, instead of being able to languish and enjoy the rich bodily sensations and emotions that accompany autobiographical experience and memory and narrative, she’s now being thrust into the observer autobiographical experience because she’s watching herself on the screen,” he said. Showing our children the photos and video we’ve taken instantly after they’ve lived an experience is doing something very similar — making it a memory before it’s had time to settle into their consciousness, and in essence, “stepping on their story.”

Source: www.nytimes.com