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You Don’t Remember Being a Baby, but Your Brain Was Making Memories

Last updated: July 28, 2025 6:30 am
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When you ask adults about their first memory, it usually dates back no earlier than preschool. This phenomenon, known as infantile amnesia, raises questions about why people forget their earliest years. One potential explanation is that infants cannot store memories due to the slow development of the hippocampus, a region in the brain critical for memory. Another possibility is that the infant brain can store memories, but access to them is lost over time.

Recent studies in mice suggest that the hippocampus is capable of storing memories early in life, which may persist into adulthood. Researchers have been using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study memory formation in awake infants. By showing infants photographs during fMRI scans and testing their memory later, researchers have found that the infant hippocampus can create memories after a brief experience, starting around one year of age.

The study revealed that the hippocampus was more active when infants viewed images that they later remembered. This supports the idea that people store memories as infants that they are unable to access later in life. However, it also raises questions about the longevity and sophistication of these early memories. Understanding how the youngest brains learn and remember could have implications for language acquisition, developmental disorders, parenting, and early education.

Reflecting on your earliest memory and questioning its authenticity may reveal hidden memories locked away in your brain. Exploring these mysteries of memory early in life could provide insights into memory loss in aging and neurological diseases. The quest to unravel the secrets of infant memory formation continues, offering a glimpse into the complexities of the human brain.

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