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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rebecca Whittaker

The reason why we don’t remember being a baby revealed

A study of 26 infants revealed what babies remember - (Unsplash/@michalbarhaim)

Scientists have discovered why we don’t remember being a baby, despite learning so much in those early years of life.

Researchers have long believed we don’t hold onto these experiences because the part of the brain responsible for saving memories — the hippocampus — is still developing well into adolescence and just can’t encode memories in our earliest years.

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