Why People Don't Remember Early Childhood: There Are Several Explanations

25.03.2024 20:19

It is unlikely that there is a person who remembers his life not only from the first day, but even from a month or a year.

And the reason is not that time erases memories. Science has presented several theories to explain this phenomenon.

Firstly, our brain is not yet fully developed at this time, so the ability to remember events is limited. Secondly, events from early years can be forgotten due to childhood amnesia, writes Doctor Peter , citing experts from the N. A. Alekseev Psychiatric Clinical Hospital No. 1.

What can you remember?

For most people, it is normal to remember a period of 3-4 years.

Everything else is erased by infantile amnesia, which occurs in connection with the processes of brain formation.

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Therefore, memories can be confused and overlapping, making them difficult to retain.

According to another version, a person does not remember anything from childhood due to the fact that the events that took place in those years are monotonous.

But after the child starts attending kindergarten and his social circle changes, his lifestyle also changes.

Moreover, scientists have found that 6-month-old babies remember certain actions for 24 hours. After two days, the information is forgotten.

9-month-old babies retain information for about a month, and 20-month-olds for about a year.

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Igor Zur Author: Igor Zur Internet resource editor