Why Can't You Remember Being a Baby?
You're pretty sure being a baby was awesome, but why can't you actually remember any of it? Hosted by: Michael Aranda ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreo...
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Remember that one time when you were a baby? No, of course you don't. Because if you are a teenager or older, chances are you can't remember anything that happened before you were three. The process of forgetting these really early memories is called "Childhood Amnesia". It happens to pretty much everyone and it has to do with the way our brains develop as we grow up. Childhood amnesia starts to set in between the ripe old ages of 8 and 9. Before then, most children can remember things that happened when they were really young like visiting a family member or winning a teddy bear from one of those impossible carnival games, but the passage of time by itself isn't enough to explain childhood amnesia. After all, when you...
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Remember that one time when you were a baby? No, of course you don't. Because if you are a teenager or older, chances are you can't remember anything that happened before you were three. The process of forgetting these really early memories is called "Childhood Amnesia". It happens to pretty much everyone and it has to do with the way our brains develop as we grow up. Childhood amnesia starts to set in between the ripe old ages of 8 and 9. Before then, most children can remember things that happened when they were really young like visiting a family member or winning a teddy bear from one of those impossible carnival games, but the passage of time by itself isn't enough to explain childhood amnesia. After all, when you...
