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Summer picks: Where do our early childhood memories go?

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Unraveling Infantile Amnesia

This chapter explores the enigma of why we struggle to remember early childhood experiences, focusing on the concept of infantile amnesia. Through insights from psychology and neuroscience, it examines how memories are formed in infants and the critical role of the hippocampus in memory retention. Ongoing research highlights the complexities of memory recall in early life and the potential for revealing long-lost memories.

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