How much do you remember about being a child? Probably not too much. Childhood memories can be a bit spotty. But at what age is your brain able to maintain memories so that you can recollect them later in life? Anthony tackles this question as he takes a look at some recent research on a phenomena known as childhood amnesia.
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Psychologists document the age our earliest memories fade
“Although infants use their memories to learn new information, few adults can remember events in their lives that happened prior to the age of three.”
The Onset of Childhood Amnesia in Childhood: A Prospective Investigation of the Course and Determinants of Forgetting of Early-Life Events
“The present research was an examination of the onset of childhood amnesia and how it relates to maternal narrative style, an important determinant of autobiographical memory development.”
Wayne State University Teams Up With MIT To Discover How Brain Mechanisms for Memory Retrieval Differ Between Children and Adults
“Neuroscientists from Wayne State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are taking a deeper look into how the brain mechanisms for memory retrieval differ between adults and children.”
The Development of Neural Correlates for Memory Formation
“A growing body of literature considers the development of episodic memory systems in the brain; the majority are neuroimaging studies conducted during memory encoding in order to explore developmental trajectories in memory formation.”
Recall of Childhood Memories
“The types of childhood memories that an adult recalls may be linked to personality.”
Better Understanding of Memory Retrieval Between Children and Adults
“Neuroscientists are taking a deeper look into how the brain mechanisms for memory retrieval differ between adults and children.”
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Why Can’t We Remember Being Babies?
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Are Memories Reliable?
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