Why babies’ experiences matter (even if they can’t remember them)
No matter how hard we try, remembering anything that happened to us before the age of, say, 3 or 4 years old feels impossible. Even memories before 7 years old feel hazy and fragmented.
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No matter how hard we try, remembering anything that happened to us before the age of, say, 3 or 4 years old feels impossible. Even memories before 7 years old feel hazy and fragmented. Our brains just aren’t built to store specific memories from our first few years, something known as “infantile amnesia.” And chances are, even the earliest memories we think we have might just be amalgamations of stories we’ve been told, images cribbed from old family snapshots and home videos, or scenes we’ve borrowed from movies or TV shows. So does it really matter if it happened, if we can’t really remember it?
Why it matters
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- What's the story?
- No matter how hard we try, remembering anything that happened to us before the age of, say, 3 or 4 years old feels impossible. Even memories before 7 years old feel hazy and fragmented.
- How widely is it covered?
- 1 outlet, average source rating 6.0/10.
- When was it last updated?
- 12m ago.
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Why babies’ experiences matter (even if they can’t remember them)
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