Akiko, a 55-year-old, is given a cue word and asked to come up with the first memory she can come up with.Akiko is likely to:
A)come up with a memory from early childhood.
B)demonstrate anterograde amnesia.
C)either recall a recent event or one from early childhood.
D)either recall a recent event or one from her late teens.

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This phenomenon is known as the reminiscence bump, where individuals are more likely to recall events from adolescence and early adulthood (late teens to early twenties) as well as recent events. This pattern is common in autobiographical memory recall.

Akiko, a 55-Year-Old, Is Given a Cue Word and Asked