• Question: why cant you remeber your first years of your childhood/?????

    Asked by bethxoxtully333 to Simon, Tim on 14 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by aimeewalton1, alexread1997.
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      Simon Bennett answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Hello,

      I would say that the networks in a babies brain are very changable, so nothing stays around for very long unless it is very important, such as how to get food in your mouth. Also you may not be able to remember it for the same reason that you can’t rememebr what you had for lunch 3 years ago, your brain deliberately forgets stuff that is not important. I am not sure of the definate reason.

      Thanks.

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    georgie98 commented on :

    so if something traumaticx happened when you were a baby would you be able to remember?

  • Photo: Simon

    Simon commented on :

    Hello, I am not really sure to be honest, but I think because you don’t really understand anything at that age you have no way to attach importance to stuff. So I don’t think you would remember but I have heard that in some cultures they remember stuff from an earlier age, I don’t think they know why.

    Thanks