Previously, researchers believed that the brains of young people were not developed enough to form lasting memories. Scientists note that the brain stores memories in the form of neural networks, recalling strengthens the connections between neurons, but memories may be limited by the inability to give language to early experiences.
UNN reports with reference to The Guardian.
Life in childhood must be wonderful: you are fed, clothed, and carried in soft pouches while people wave and smile at you, but almost none of us remember how good we once had it.
It is known that memories formed before the age of seven decay faster than when we become adults. At the same time, there are research results that introduce certain adjustments to the discussion about childhood amnesia.
Studies in the 1980s showed that even two-year-olds can form memories and recall events that happened months earlier in minute detail.
Another fact: early childhood trauma increases the risk of anxiety and depression in the future.
The paradox of childhood amnesia is, "how do these experiences affect our lives forever if they are forgotten?"
Alberini's research has shown that memories formed during childhood amnesia are actually stored in the brain well into adulthood — though they are not consciously remembered. But this is according to studies involving animals.
However, both in animals and in adult humans, the formation and storage of long-term memories of life experiences are impossible without a brain region known as the hippocampus. This area is also important for early memories and suggests that childhood amnesia arises from a critical period when the hippocampus develops through new experiences.
If children learn complex situations in early childhood, they may not remember the details, but their brains will be shaped by that experience.
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The brain stores memories not as separate files, like on a computer, but as networks of neurons throughout the brain. A memory activates these networks and strengthens the connections between neurons.
This does not mean that memory is stable. Repeated suggestions can cause people to create images and form false memories.
In a 2018 survey, 39% of respondents reported that their first memories occurred at age two or younger. Researchers suggested that "incredibly early" memories were fabricated and based on photographs or family stories.
The other side: if the experiences of our early stages — the first birthday, the first steps, the first trip to the beach — seem to be cached somewhere in the brain, why can't we consciously access them?
Psychologists argue that forgetting can be adaptive. But this does not explain why memories formed before the age of seven seem to decay faster than when we become adults.
The influence of culture on autobiographical memory
Different experiences may also explain why the age at which people recall their first memories varies significantly.
The earliest memories of Americans date back to about 3.5 years of age, which is almost half a year younger than those of Chinese people.
An interesting feature: Maori memories appear earlier.
New Zealand Maori children have earlier first memories than children of European descent, at around 2.5 years of age.
Professor Elaine Reese from the University of Otago, who studies autobiographical memory in children and adolescents, points to the strong emphasis on oral traditions in Maori culture, as well as detailed conversations when recalling past events.
Reese tracked groups of children from toddlerhood to adolescence and found that people who had a richer narrative environment in childhood could recall earlier and more detailed first memories in adolescence.
This applies to children whose mothers asked open-ended questions and were more detailed.
Recall
In their study, scientists from the University of New England, the Institute of Marine Sciences, and the University of Naples Federico II focused on the evolution of different parts of the human brain in search of what distinguishes us from primates,
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