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The Forgotten Childhood: Why Early Memories Fade

IDEAS Posted: April 11, 2014 12:23 am

Most adults have what’s called childhood amnesia (i.e., having few or no memories from the first 3 to 3½ years of life). “But it’s only in the past decade that [scientists] have begun to figure out when childhood memories start to fade, which early memories are most likely to survive, and how we create a complete autobiography without direct memories of our earliest years.” (includes audio)

IDEAS Published: 04.08.14

Read the story in NPR Published: 04.08.14

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