When we were babies

Anhornto Uthermuth
Nov 5 · 2 min read

Most adults did not remember almost before we were three years old. I call this Sigmund Freud, “childish amnesia.” But at what time in our childhood do we begin to forget those years?

A new study reveals that childhood amnesia is established around age seven. That is, it is at that age when we begin to stop remembering what happened to us before three years of life.

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Anhornto Uthermuth

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