本研究係從訊息處理論的觀點來探討年齡、時距和不同引導方式對兒童事件回憶的影響，並以44名七歲兒童與43名五歲兒童為對象，運用魔術表演作為回憶的內容，藉以測量兒童事件記憶的回憶量與正確性。本研究結果顯示，七歲組兒童的事件自由回憶量顯著大於五歲兒童的回憶量，立即自由回憶量亦顯著大於三天後的自由回憶量，然而兩組兒童於自由回憶的正確性並無差異。在錯誤引導問題中，無論七歲組或五歲兒童，其於不受誤導而回答正確之比率的分布概況，皆以引導問題組的正確比率最高，次為錯誤引導組，以自由回憶組正確率最低，顯示不同引導方式會影響兒童事件回憶的正確性。

This study explored children's episodic memory. 43 7-year-olds and 43 5-year-olds took part in a contrived interaction with a "magician".After seeing a magic show,the children were interviewed immediately and assignedrandomly in three conditions:no leading(free recall), leading,and misleading. Older children recall more accurate information than younger children, and both group recall more accurate information after short delay than the long delay.No matter younger or older children, they had ability to provide accurate testi-mony.Leading question facilitated free recall after three days. Leading group were more accurate than no leading and misleading group in the misleading suggestive questions.