Have you ever wondered why we do not remember our first steps, first words, or first birthday? Personally, I just remember things that happened to me after the age of 3. Is this because we do not form concrete memories at such a young age? An article from CNN’s Health section states that babies just forget these milestones. Just how adults forget things, babies forget as well but much quicker. This is a novel view because researchers used to believe that infantile brains were just not capable of forming memories.
The formation of memory develops at different points in every person's life because it is dependent on a system of structures in the brain. For most people this develops between the ages of 6 and 12 months. At this point, babies have the ability to form some short and long-term memories but they forget very easily. This is why we do not remember the events that happened to us in our early years of life. When we do remember things from our early childhood, they are emotional events. Even though we do not remember the things and events that happened to us during this stage in our lives, studies have shown that babies do indeed remember things. Developmental studies on babies have shown that they prefer novel objects over older ones. These studies imply that babies do form some memories because they remember objects they have seen before. These studies also prove that even though babies are so young, they are very intelligent and able to process things in their environment very well.
The formation of memory develops at different points in every person's life because it is dependent on a system of structures in the brain. For most people this develops between the ages of 6 and 12 months. At this point, babies have the ability to form some short and long-term memories but they forget very easily. This is why we do not remember the events that happened to us in our early years of life. When we do remember things from our early childhood, they are emotional events. Even though we do not remember the things and events that happened to us during this stage in our lives, studies have shown that babies do indeed remember things. Developmental studies on babies have shown that they prefer novel objects over older ones. These studies imply that babies do form some memories because they remember objects they have seen before. These studies also prove that even though babies are so young, they are very intelligent and able to process things in their environment very well.
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