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Infants Remember More Than You Think, New Study Reveals

A girl plays in a day care centre in Recklinghausen, western Germany on February 24, 2021 (Credit: AFP)

Our earliest years are a time of rapid learning, yet we typically cannot recall specific experiences from that period -- a phenomenon known as infantile amnesia.

A new study published in Science on Thursday challenges assumptions about infant memory, showing that young minds do indeed form memories. The question remains, however, why these memories become difficult to retrieve later in life.

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