Babies Can Remember--Just Not for Long
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New research shows that babies can form memories--despite few people being able to recall anything before preschool.
The trouble is, they also forget, said Duke University researcher Patricia J. Bauer at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Studying infants' capabilities to remember the placement of blocks and cups, Bauer found that babies have a memory of about 24 hours at six months. By the age of two, long-term memory has developed to about a year. These findings contradict the long-speculated idea that infant brains were simply incapable of creating memories. Read more: Infants Form Memories Early in Life, but Also Forget On the Web: Oh Where, Oh Where Have Those Early Memories Gone? by Patricia J. Bauer SHARE:
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