Three of the earliest memories were obtained from 58 male college students who had been selected on the basis of their grade point placement in the top and bottom 10% of their class. Memories were rated employing the classification system developed by Levy. There was no support for the hypothesized relationship between structural features of early memories and academic performance in college.
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