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Why can't we remember our lives as babies or toddlers?
Memories emerge earlier in some cultures than others, but researchers have long puzzled over our inability to recall events before two or three years of age
Life must be great as a baby: to be fed and clothed and carried places in soft pouches, to be waved and smiled at by adoring strangers, to have the temerity to scream because food hasn’t arrived quickly enough, and then to throw it on the ground when it is displeasing. Prof Elaine Reese at the University of Otago, who studies autobiographical memory in children and adolescents, points to a strong emphasis on oral traditions in Māori culture but also elaborative conversations when reminiscing about past events. Repeated suggestions can lead people to create images and form false memories, Wang says, citing a famous case in Jean Piaget, the influential child development psychologist.
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