No one (or virtually anyone) can remember their first years of life, it is something that people cannot avoid, but this has a scientific and biological response: in Canada, a research group has concluded that the fact that it is not possible to remember the time and experiences of our early years is due to the neural growth corresponding to that stage of development.
This means that the remarkable production of new neurons (which aim to increase learning during growth) has a negative effect on the field of memory.
- Basically.
- Neurogenesis is the process of creating new neurons in our brain.
- Especially in the region known as the hippocampus (directly associated with memory and learning).
- This process has two peaks: before and after birth.
- As childhood and adulthood are periods of decline.
According to author Huttenlocher, in the first year of life people’s brains have twice as many neural connections as in the adult stage, it has been discovered that the main factor in decreasing these connections is undoubtedly the experience gained with age. .
While children’s memories have been shown in the past to persist in the short term (if lost in the long run), a group of Canadian researchers have decided to investigate why this phenomenon.
Through experiments with rats (young and adult), modifying their neural processes, the direct relationship between neural growth and memory recovery has been discovered, explaining the long-term amnesia that occurs in memories of age, children and memory problems in adults.
From our birth to our 4 or 5 years, our seahorse is surrounded by a constant dynamism, which is reflected in long-term memories.
These findings in the field replace previous theories that childhood amnesia is due to speech development and other skills related to biological and social growth.
While the conclusions reached in Canada are not enough to give an irrefutable answer on this subject, it is undoubtedly a renewal for various studies on this subject, so little understood, but which we seek to know, that is, among the many active mysteries in the field of neurology, the cause of childhood amnesia is about to be solved.
At this point, we can say that there is nothing wrong with not remembering our first years of life.
Perhaps the best recommendation is to listen to these memories of other people’s relationships (family, friends, etc. ), to generate stories that, although we cannot remember them on our own, will certainly help define our own history as well as improve. our social ties.