Janssen et al. (2006)

Memory for time: How people date events

Memory & Cognition, 34(1), 138-147

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Janssen, S. M. J., Chessa, A. G., & Murre, J. M. J. (2006). Memory for time: How people date events. Memory & Cognition, 34(1), 138-147. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03193393

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Temporal Placement Memory Processes

Measured in humans

When 1,579 adults dated news events online, very recent events were placed almost exactly (median displacement 1 day), events 100 to 1,000 days old were pushed back in time (median 23 days, backward telescoping) and older events were pulled forward (median 365 days, forward telescoping); calendar dates were more accurate than "how long ago" estimates