Remembering early experiences during childhood

1997

Another instance of VCUGs being used to test the recall of traumatic memories in children.

• “Several recent studies have explored children’s memories of painful and even distressing medical procedures, such as… the fluoroscopic VCUG. These procedures, although by no means perfect analogues for the kinds of events of interest in the debate concerning memory for traumatic events, include a number of important features that may enhance their ecological validity. A number of aspects of the VCUG procedure, in particular, make it a potentially useful analogue event.”

• “There is evidence that children remember the VCUG better than a more routine physical examination.”